Education

Sheep and beef farmer Gill Vollum decided to step up her efforts to communicate to the public about farming after hearing about her son’s conversations at school. Clemmie Gleeson finds out more.

Five years of fundraising enabled The Countryside Restoration Trust to purchase Bere Marsh Farm, set to be a site to showcase its history, farming and conservation interests. Clemmie Gleeson finds out more.

The Cumbrian farming community has vowed to continue the fight to secure land-based education at Newton Rigg College, despite a review concluding the site will shut as ‘no new suitable owner’ can be found. 

Arla has published a digital book based on a dairy farm and his cow to inspire children to take a more active role in making positive food choices.

Providing foster care in the farming community is a rewarding experience, but more people are needed to fulfil this vital service. Hannah Park speaks to foster carers about their journey and what it entails.

A GCSE in natural history has been branded a ‘great opportunity’ to reconnect farming and children by the NFU.  

Barleylands Farm Park has been engaging children with the food and farming story for the last 36 years. Hannah Park spoke to director Chris Philpot to find out more.

Children are ‘more disconnected than ever’ from food and farming with one in 10 children believing carrots originate in a supermarket, a new survey by Jordans Cereals has revealed.

Farming families looking to ‘future-proof’ their businesses have been urged to register for the Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme.