Education

Think Food & Farming

Think Food and Farming is the exciting legacy project building on the successes of the Year of Food and Farming. So much has been achieved, particularly at a regional level, that we want to continue to promote these vibrant activities and links which are helping children to understand more about where our food comes from and to involve them in memorable first hand learning experiences. Many new resources have been produced during the year and we hope this interest in engaging our young people will continue. We hope schools will continue to take part in growing and cooking activities and visits to farms for the opportunity to:

Find out how food is grown and produced
Explore why food, and how we produce it, matters
Make informed choices about food and healthy nutrition
Discover what happens on a real-life farm
Experience what the countryside can offer
Learn more about environmental issues linked to food and the countryside

For more information visit www.thinkfoodandfarming.org.uk

Farm behind the Food resource launch

Our food carries so many labels and logos nowadays but what do they all mean?

Farming & Countryside Education set out to help children question the food they eat and explore what this confusion of labels and logos actually means. Hopefully, this will help them become better informed consumers.

There are 50 engaging classroom activities ranging from What’s in the Cupboard? through Global Logo Bingo to Strawberry Foods For Ever! No teacher needs be short of something with which to inspire their class! Of course, those all-important curriculum links are included.

The web-based Farm Behind the Food www.farmbehindthefood.org.uk provides an information base for teachers and case studies to show how farmers work to each of the standards described as well as the classroom activities.

The resource was developed and trialled in the classroom by practising teachers.

FACE was supported by Defra in the production of this new, exciting resource.