Walk at Wark Farm, Aberdeenshire April 28th 11am

[Shirley]

Wark Farm and NEEPS! (North East Eco-friendly People's Site) are jointly hosting a guided farm walk on Saturday 28th April as part of the week long Outdoor Access Festival (www.outdooraccess-scotland.com). Wark Farm is located at Cushnie, near Alford and the tour will take walkers round the farm looking at the landscape, farm conservation features and the traditional and rare breeds of livestock (cattle, sheep, pigs & goats) that the farm rears. The walk will commence at 11:00am and is expected to last around 1 1/2 hours and will be suitable for all ages although stout footwear and outdoor clothing suited to the weather is advised.

NEEPS! is a web based forum for people in the North East of Scotland to talk, exchange ideas and build networks for more sustainable lifestyles (www.neeps.co.uk).

Wark Farm is a family run farm producing a range of meat and charcuterie to organic standards using traditional breeds of livestock including Belted Galloway Cattle, Hebridean Sheep and Oxford, Sandy & Black pigs. Products can be bought from the farm on monthly open days and via a local delivery round. The farm walk coincides with this months farm open days which are 26th, 27th & 28th April, 10:00am to 4:30pm daily.

For more details on the walk, please contact either Dugie at Wark Farm (019755 81149 dugie@warkfarm.co.uk) or Shirley at NEEPS! (shirley@neeps.co.uk). A location map for the farm can be found at www.warkfarm.co.uk/contactus.htm.