(18 Jun 2025)
UK CITY FARM HEATWAVE
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London, UK – 18 June 2025
1. Various of sheep, which are freshly shorn, grazing confined field at Vauxhall City Farm, London as they eat straw under a man-made shelter, with London skyline tower blocks in the backdrop
2. Wide of single shorn sheep eating straw on farm with city skyline in the background
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlotte MacDonald, Head of Programmes at Vauxhall City Farm:
"As you can see our wonderful sheep have just had a haircut ready for summer, so they have been shorn and now (have) a much lighter coat, they’re cooler for these climes so that’s perfect timing."
4. Various of sheep grazing
5. Mid of Jade Mortimer, Education officer at Vauxhall City Farm, feeding sheep a block of ice with fruit and vegetables
UPSOUND (English) Jade Mortimer, Education officer at Vauxhall City Farm:
"This is an ice treat designed by our young farmers that come in on the weekend. So in here we’ve got apples, lettuce, fruits and cauliflower, ready to keep them nice and cool in the heat, so hopefully (gives block to sheep)"
6. Close of sheep eating ice block
7. Various of Bonnie the pig eat a block of ice with frozen fruit and vegetables
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jade Mortimer, Education officer at Vauxhall City Farm:
"In the hot weather we make sure that we have stable doors open so that the animals can access shade. With our pigs just behind me we create a wallow, so we make sure it’s nice and muddy and wet so they can get inside and cosy and soaked. We also make sure that they have sun cream. Pigs have the same skin as us so we sun-cream them in the morning ready for the sunshine and make sure that they have access to water all day."
9. Various of Mortimer applying sun-cream on Bonnie the pig
10. Various of farm worker adding water and making the pig’s wallows more muddy
11. Various of goat being fed block of ice with fruit and vegetables
12. Wide of alpacas in farm enclosure
13. Various of alpacas inquisitively trying frozen fruit but refusing to eat them
14. Various of ‘carrot kingdom’ rabbit enclosure
15. Black rabbit crawling and sniffing camera
16. Various of rabbit sitting still
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Charlotte MacDonald, Head of Programmes at Vauxhall City Farm:
"City farms in general have a lot of different challenges to rural farms. When we think about the heat we’re thinking of less natural shading than from the trees, less access to air flow. We’re on quite a small little road here. We don’t have the lovely country air, so we definitely have to be a bit more inventive of ways to keep them cool and provide man-made shade and shelter as well."
18. Mid exterior of chicken enclosure
19. Various of chickens eating frozen block of ice containing fruit and vegetables
20. Various of ducks swimming in pool at duck enclosure
21. Various of ducks and a goose waddling around duck enclosure
23. Various of London skyline view of Thames with London Eye in distance
24. Tilt down from London Eye to Thames
25. Mid of ferry carrying passengers
26. Wide pan left of Shard
27. Various of people walking on Vauxhall bridge, some running and cycling, others walking a dog
STORYLINE:
LEADIN:
From frozen fruit, muddy wallows and even suncream for pigs – one London city farm is keeping its animals cool as temperatures rise.
Conditions in the capital are set to top 32 degrees Celsius.
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