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Bringing people together to produce food locally and live healthy, enriched and sustainable lives Linked work with local primary and secondary schools.
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At Oxford City Farm we offer a broad range of activities and opportunities including:

Volunteers of all ages to help with animal care and food production. Targeted work with socially excluded sectors of the community. Community Kitchen space for learning, community meetings, events and group work. Pop up Café and shop selling farm and locally sourced produce. Educational workshops. Animals are l

ooked after to Organic Standards we currently have, sheep and chickens and 5 hives full of bees! We aim for the farm to be a beautiful and therapeutic environment for all to experience and enjoy.

30/08/2024

It's tomato season!

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Our tomatoes are finally coming in strong and available at our Saturday market (10am - 1pm). The freshest tomatoes you'll have in Oxford, they require a lot of care and work keeping them pruned to promote growth and prevent disease. Our regular volunteers learn this skilled task and make a huge difference keeping the growth under control.

We've got chilli peppers, sweetcorn, salad leaves, courgette, cucumbers, marrow, eggs, and sunflowers available tomorrow too - see you there!

28/08/2024

September is almost here... which means Little Wellies will soon return!

Starting back on Tuesday September 10th, places are free but please do book a ticket so that we can keep an eye on numbers: https://tinyurl.com/littlewellies

24/08/2024

Pick your own sunshine at the farm today!

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The first chilli peppers of the season inbound… cayenne, jalapeño and Hungarian hot wax…

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And our first crop of radish! Commonly called Mooli, Daikon or icicle radish these are delicious raw or cooked with just the right amount of heat 😋

23/08/2024

Our new rain water storage tank farm taking shape!

Huge thanks to our volunteers last Saturday for clearing and leveling this plot. We'll have 15 tanks here, increasing our water storage by 7 and reducing our reliance on mains water to grow tasty, local veg!

If you're interested in volunteering with us we hold open sessions every Friday and Saturday from 10am until 1pm, where you can pop down and join in. For more information and to see what other volunteering opportunities we have: https://www.oxfordcityfarm.org.uk/volunteer

17/08/2024

We're open today from 10am - 1pm.

Pop down to say hello to our goats, chicken and sheep, grab a cup of filter coffee and a slice of delicious cake, pick up your weekly fresh veg shop or perhaps try your hand at volunteering with us with our community gardening session.

We're looking forward to seeing you!

16/08/2024

Once a week we run Cooking On A Budget; a small nurturing group learning to cook from scratch, spending time with each other and taking the food home to enjoy with their families.

Last week the participants made their own bread rolls from scratch and then put together these delicious looking hot dogs! Yum 😋

15/08/2024

What is a city farm?

City farms are urban oases, bringing agriculture into the heart of our cities. From rooftop gardens to repurposed lots, these farms are transforming urban landscapes, one seed at a time. In the UK we have over 50 city farms!

Oxford City Farm is nestled away behind the Isis Care Home on Cornwallis Street (access to the farm is through their car park) on the site of a former school. The long tarmac strip running through our farm is testament to that and it serves as a great cycling track for children!

A farm in the heart of a city enables a connection with nature and food that urban dwellers may not otherwise have access to and which is so incredibly important.

If you haven't visited we're open every Friday and Saturday from 10am - 1pm and entrance is FREE, we'd love to see you!

14/08/2024

Volunteering is a vital part of Oxford City Farm, not only do we run our open to all community gardening sessions on a Friday and Saturday (10am - 1pm weekly) but we also animal care volunteers, goat milking volunteers, cafe volunteers, school group volunteers, Little Wellies volunteers... the list goes on!

Not only do the volunteers help us but volunteering can make a big difference to the lives of those who volunteer here. One mum told us "My son, who is profoundly disabled, gets a chance to be with the animals which he loves and to be a part of something."

If you're interested in volunteering with us in any capacity you can learn a little more here: https://www.oxfordcityfarm.org.uk/volunteer or pop by one Friday or Saturday (between 10am-1pm) and have a chat with Ciddy, our volunteer coordinator.

13/08/2024

So many of you ask us on Saturdays who it is that bakes our delicious cakes so we thought we'd give her a proper introduction - meet Sophia, our Kitchen Lead!

"Hello, I am Sophia and I am the Kitchen Lead at Oxford City Farm.

I've taught cooking for over 20 years, and there is nothing I like better than being in a room of people, from all walks of life, cooking together, then sharing their creations.

Food can be a cheerer, a leveler, a connector and a healer. If it is made with vegetables and fruit picked yards from the kitchen, as it frequently is here, it can also be extraordinarily delicious!"

Sophia runs various cooking activities throughout the week including a weekly session with the FarmAbility co-farmers as well as occasional workshops such as fermentation or pickling and she makes the delicious chutneys, jams and pickles we have for sale at our Saturday farm stall 😋.

12/08/2024

We make a LOT of organic waste here on the farm, especially in the summer. But we need it to feed our compost!

We have to feed the soil to grow happy and healthy veg, which we do by adding lots of well rotted compost.

We make this by collecting all of the plant and animal scraps from around the farm as well as adding scraps from the Isis Care home and coffee grounds from Missing Bean Coffee (whose coffee we also sell on Saturdays!).

11/08/2024

The Rose Hill Methodist Church reached out and asked us for some recipes that are adapted to be very economical and for hob cooking for them to share with their users.

They all sound delicious, which one would you try first?!

10/08/2024

It's go time!

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Second spring is here and we're going all out planting cold hardy crops that can help feed Oxford through the winter and keep our soil healthy and thriving.

09/08/2024

It's courgette season!

Did you know that a courgette contains more potassium than a banana? They're also a great source of vitamins C, A and B6.

The name courgette comes from the French courge meaning gourd or marrow, and the name zucchini derives from the Italian meaning little marrow.

We've got plenty of courgettes and marrows for sale at our produce stall tomorrow! Every Saturday from 10am - 1pm the farm is open for visitors and we have our delicious freshly harvested veggies for sale along with eggs from our flock. Don't forget your shopping bags!

08/08/2024

Did you know that we offer Corporate Volunteering Days here at the farm?

We offer full day or half day activities and designed to nurture employee physical and mental well-being with a combination of physical activity, interaction, and connection with nature.

Activities include planting seeds and bulbs 🌱, animal care and feeding 🐐, painting fences and varnishing picnic tables, pond maintenance, w**ding and mulching plots and pathways and pruning fruit trees and harvesting crops 🥕.

We have meeting room space in our yurt that you could use for your team day and we can offer an additional wellness add-on, yoga!

If you'd like to find out more full details are available here: https://www.oxfordcityfarm.org.uk/corporate-volunteering

07/08/2024

Our farm site is tucked away behind the Isis Care Home (The Orders of St John Care Trust) on Cornwallis Road and they are supplying us with their leftover veg scraps and food waste to feed our compost piles!

We love being able to build relationships within our community as well as being able to reuse what otherwise may well go to waste ♻

02/08/2024

Do you practice companion planting? Certain plants grow better together... tomatoes and basil are great companions and as you can see we've got them planted up together in our polytunnels 🌱.

Speaking of tomatoes, we've got our first pick of the year available at our produce stall tomorrow! A lot of you have been asking after them in recent weeks so don't forget your shopping bags tomorrow and grab the first tasty tomatoes of the season!

We're open from 10am until 1pm every Saturday for shopping, visiting and volunteering, see you there.

27/07/2024

Want to grow your own veggies but don't know where to start?

We're hosting a Grow Your Own workshop on Saturday 3rd August with a focus on winter growing and planning for spring. The workshop is from 2-4pm and is free but please do book so that we can monitor numbers - grab your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/good-to-grow-grow-your-own-workshop-winter-growing-tickets-951443151077

26/07/2024

We're open tomorrow from 10am until 1pm for you to come and visit!

Our produce stall will be open, we've got fennel, parsnips, leafy greens, courgettes, salad leaves, potatoes, fresh eggs as well as our delicious chutneys and pickles so don't forget your shopping bags!

And in case you've missed our recent announcements, we're now serving filter coffee at the cafe ☕

25/07/2024

Our next Goat Milking training is on Thursday 1st August, so if you're interested in our goat milking programme (you can learn a little more about it here: https://www.oxfordcityfarm.org.uk/goat-milking-programme ) then why not book yourself on and give it a try?

Tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goat-milking-induction-tickets-954940521807

24/07/2024

A beautiful way to spend a Saturday afternoon!

21/07/2024

Join us on Saturday 3rd August for our final Good To Grow session of the year covering winter growing and planning for spring 🌱

The session is FREE and tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/good-to-grow-grow-your-own-workshop-winter-growing-tickets-951443151077

20/07/2024

Some great pictures and background on Norton & Yarrow Cheese Ltd, the farmers who donated the goats to Oxford City Farm and continue to provide support and mentoring to our goat milking programme!

If you'd like to learn more about goat milking and general care please join our monthly training or consider joining the programme (no experience required) to spend quality time with the goats and take home some amazing milk! Link to the training is on our website calendar or Eventbrite.

20/07/2024

Next Saturday afternoon from 2pm!

19/07/2024

Huge thanks to for the donation of this amazing filter coffee machine! We'll be selling Missing Bean filter coffee at our Saturday market from now on! 🙏🏻☕

Missing Bean is also bringing their used coffee grounds to the farm. This reduces their waste and provides an amazing source of nitrogen to our compost which the bacteria and fungus will help us convert into tasty and healthy veg 😁

19/07/2024

Coming up on last call for tomato plants, only 50p or whatever donation feels appropriate. We're also happy to donate to any community groups, schools, or individuals that would not otherwise have the opportunity, no questions asked.

End of July we'll be putting them into the compost to return them to the soil from whence they came!

18/07/2024

📣 Exciting News! Book on to our 6 Farm Forest School sessions over the summer holidays if you are aged 8-12! 🌿🌞

📅 Spaces are still available! Book now: Find us on Eventbrite or https://tinyurl.com/OCFsummer

Our sessions aim to foster nature connection, build confidence, and encourage teamwork. 🌳👧👦

A huge thank you to Hilden Trust for expanding their funding and to Social Farms & Gardens for connecting us with this opportunity.

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15/07/2024

You might think this is a lot of cardboard but it's really nothing at all when it comes to using it for no-dig growing! Your used cardboard (without shiny plastic coatings) helps us increase our vegetable growing space by letting us use the card card as a w**d suppressant, then applying thick compost on top tonolant immediately.
Please let your friends and businesses know they can drop off their cardboard with us and it will have a big impact! We'd also welcome anyone with a larger vehicle that would like to go around to local businesses that are happy to send on their cardboard 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌱🌱🌱

13/07/2024

Calling all cardboard! Do you know anyone with big pieces of used cardboard at home or work? We are happy to receive all cardboard (except the kind with the shiny plastic coating) here at the farm!
Cardboard is very useful as part of our no-dig approach to building new beds for growing vegetables. It acts as a w**d suppressant but breaks down easily with compost or wood chip on top. We need A LOT so please spread the word. You can drop it off Fridays and Saturdays during our open sessions or be in touch to arrange drop off another time. Thanks so much!

12/07/2024

Still looking for some last minute tomatoes for the garden??? We've got big plants ready to go for only 50p! We don't want them to go to waste so come on down Fridays or Saturdays between ten and one to get as many as you need.

09/07/2024

Don't forget that there's a training this for our goat milking programme this eve at 5pm! Please join if you want to join our goat milking programme or just learn more about it! And you'll get some quality time with our herd as well 😁
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goat-milking-induction-tickets-921494142787

Address

Cornwallis Road
Oxford
OX43NH

Opening Hours

Friday	10am - 1pm
Saturday	10am - 1pm

Website

http://Oxfordcityfarm.org.uk/

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It's go time! 🌱 Second spring is here and we're going all out planting cold hardy crops that can help feed Oxford through the winter and keep our soil healthy and thriving.

Feeding the soil takes great compost! We're feeding our compost with used coffee grounds from @missingbeancoffeeshops

Tomato pruning fun! We should have tasty tomatoes at our market within a couple weeks.

Fun to learn about new plants as part of our project on immigrant veg and cuisine with @museumofoxford #growingthings #farminglife #cityfarming

One of our Community Growers here at the farm, Bradley, talking about the compost we buy in, made from Oxfordshire’s green & brown waste bins, our final post for #foodwasteactionweek this week. The quality of compost we use is so important as we want o give our seedlings the very best start in life to grow our tasty & nutritious veg 🌱

It’s Food Waste Action Week this week and Bradley, one of our Community Growers here at the farm, is sharing how we use our kitchen food waste alongside other organic materials to make compost that we then use to grow our vegetables! #foodwasteactionweek #lovefoodhatewaste

Today is World Soil Day, an annual day celebrating the importance of healthy soil and advocating for sustainable agrifood systems. We asked Bradley, one of our Community Growers, to share a little about how we look after our soil, the importance of healthy soil and why World Soil Day is close to his heart… See the full length video here: https://www.oxfordcityfarm.org.uk/latest-news/world-soil-day

Lucie is one of our trustees and has been with Oxford City Farm since the visioning stages, before we even had the site here at Cornwallis Road, and she always knew we would one day have goats on site... Thank you so much Zoe Broughton for putting this video together for us! PS. Find out more about joining our goat programme: https://www.oxfordcityfarm.org.uk/latest-news/goats-at-the-farm

Our new chicks being interesting and adorable as well as our awkward teenagers going through a phase and making a mess of things 😂 the older chicks will be heading outside this week to a very protected coop and run where they'll be protected from predators and the older and bigger hens while they mature and everyone gets to know each other #farminglife #cityfarming #chickens

Natural nest sites for birds such as holes in trees or old buildings are disappearing fast as gardens are ‘tidied’ and old houses are repaired. Providing a nesting site in your garden gives you a glimpse into a key part of the lifecycle of birds. Blue Tits, Great Tits, House Sparrows, Robins and Starlings will all happily use bird boxes so by installing one you are encouraging new visitors to your garden! We have a few dotted around the farm, why not see if you can spot them the next time you visit the farm? We're open this Friday 10am-1pm and Saturday 10.30am-1.30pm so why not bring your children and wander round together? https://www.facebook.com/The.BTO

Really excited that the IT Services team from Oxford Brookes Uni have chosen to support Oxford City Farm for their team building day! Can't wait to see the progress throughout the day.

Thank you to @tnlcommunityfund A huge thank you to the National Lottery players that have made the Community Fund grants possible. We can't wait to offer more community farming and field to fork cooking sessions to empower people to produce food locally and live sustainable lives. #NationalLottery #MakeAmazingHappen #nature #food #community

Sheep appreciation!

The boys got sheared this week in preparation for the heatwave.. it was quite an adventure - so big thanks to all involved. Shaggy is feeling the love

What can you spot? This is outside the farm's fence along Boundary Brook. Video credit: Eylan Ezekiel #urbanwildlife #cityfarm

Memories @oxfordcityfarm

Look at what we have been up to at Oxford City Farm! Enjoy the memories 😁

Our gorgeous pigs left the farm on Wednesday, thanks so much to Mark and Jane Cooper for lending them to us- they did a fantastic job on the bramble and made us all very 😊. We shared some of our harvest with them as a thank you.. If you'd like to see more animals on the farm, please please help us meet our fundraising target in the last two weeks of our crowdfunder! http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/help-build-oxford-city-farm

Can you help us bring water and electricity onto the farm? Without it we won’t be able to have any lovely goats, chickens and pigs permanently on the site or open the farm as a resource for the whole community to enjoy and benefit from. We really appreciate the support we have had so far but to be on track to raise the full £12,000 we need to reach our half way mark - £6,000 - by this Thursday (with cheques the current balance is £4,935). Here are just a few of our lovely volunteers who are working really hard to make it all happen! Donate here http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/help-build-oxford-city-farm and please share....

Great morning editing our crowd fund video with Jim fromHobson Curtis Films Ltd thanks so much and of course also to #Zoe Broughton and all the fantastic students from Film Oxford who made the first cut.. on general release at our launch on the 22nd June.. the count down has begun!

We have now cleared the Oxford City Farm site. Take a look at some more pictures of this momentous event. If you would like to help out please send an email to [email protected] or visit our website for more information about the farm http://www.oxfordcityfarm.org.uk/about-us/plans/

Pumpkin Work Party pictures that happened today at the farm. With a warming bonfire, friendly people and gorgeous homemade soup with sourdough bread. There were people digging, hammering and enjoying a lovely autumn day. A big thank you to all the volunteers that gave their time and energy to the event and we hope to see you again.