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Changing Perspectives: Bringing Home the Bacon

In this entry in our Changing Perspectives blog series, we interview Flavian Obiero, aka The Kenyan Pig Farmer.

Changing Perspectives: A Kale of Two Cities

Learn about the differences between growing food in contemporary Hong Kong and London, and what it’s like to become a grower today.

Yule never baa-lieve it: a case for the Yule Goat at Christmas

The MERL’s Collections Researcher, Tim Jerrome investigates pagan influence on Christmas traditions, and asks why we don’t include the Yule Goat in our celebrations in England.

New Model Farming

Find our what Henry Ford, Barbie, the prolific farm toy collector Peter Wade-Martins, and a little girl called Pippa Hughes all have in common…

From rats to laps: cat domestication and the role of the farm

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