Clare Morpurgo and Farms for City Children
For Huffington Post
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“I spent hours poking around in ponds and peering down earthy holes as a child,” says Clare Morpurgo, wife of the acclaimed children’s author, Michael. The wonder Clare derived from nature sparked her idea for the charity, which in the past 36 years has given 75,000 inner city children a residential week of ‘muck and magic’: a time of purposeful activity and learning about the countryside.