Education

Hands-on experience has inspired secondary schools to promote farming as a rewarding career to their pupils. Caroline Stocks finds out more about how a slow and steady approach is paying dividends.

With Open Farm Sunday taking place later this year, farmers have a chance to make a significant difference in educating the public and offering an on-farm experience to remember. Sarah Todd looks at the benefits.

A group of Shropshire locals are fighting to keep a historic working farm open amid growing concerns that the council is set to pull its funding for the site.

More women and girls living and working in Scottish agriculture are to be able to apply for funding for courses to help develop their skills.

Concerns have been raised that the new Local Nature Recovery (LNR) scheme will not initially include funding for educational or other kinds of access to farms.

Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF)’s Farming Fortnight campaign has called on UK primary and secondary schools to focus on British farming and food production.

The Ethical Butcher is helping to spark a fresh interest in sustainability, much to many consumers delight. Hannah Binns spoke to founder Farshad Kazemian to find out more.

Harper Adams University is teaming up with supermarket Morrisons and advanced breeding specialist Raft Solutions to develop the UK’s first School of Sustainable Food and Farming.

A renowned children’s author has written a series of books about where food comes from in a bid to improve understanding of food.

An MP has accused Askham Bryan of asset stripping Newton Rigg in a brutal Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee hearing.