The Year of Food and Farming - Our Activities

Living Countryside has been helping develop the "Why Farming Matters" booklets by supplying most of the images for the posters, booklets and DVD. Living Countryside continues to work together with FACE in further developing understanding about the role of agriculture, farming and the countryside as a whole.

Why Farming Matters - introduction

Farming plays a fundamental part in all our lives; without it our very existence is at threat. The role of farming is increasingly topical in an era when sustainable management of scarce resources is of global concern. Our farmers

• generate our own food supplies
• are environmental stewards and landscape managers
• help us rise to the challenge of climate change
• contribute to the rural economy.

The contribution that farming makes to our immensely diverse landscape, wildlife habitats, thousands of rural jobs, and in sustaining rural communities is well established. However, public perception of UK farming does not always reflect the core business of agriculture and horticulture; namely producing high quality, affordable food in a sustainable manner. At a time when issues of children’s health and diet are foremost in the national consciousness, pupils clearly benefit from any exploration of what food does for them and what they should expect from it. As increasingly sophisticated consumers of food, their opinions are of genuine interest. As they are people who will have families of their own in the future, it is entirely appropriate that their voices should be heard and their questions taken seriously.

Why Farming Matters Booklet

The aim of the booklet is to help children develop a better understanding of a part of their world about which few of them have direct knowledge, and begin to find out “why farming matters”.

What booklets are available?

There are currently 2 versions available, "An introduction for Secondary Schools" and "An introduction for Primary Schools"

Each pack contains:

• Activity booklets using personal, learning and thinking skills in subjects such as Science, Geography and citizenship at either key stage 2 or 3.
• Three sets of picture cards
• DVD containing interviews with farmers about their lives and work.
• Posters

How can I get free copies for my school or college?

You can order your free booklets by printing this page "Why Farming Matters" and posting it to:

Farming and Countryside Education (FACE)
Stonleigh Park
Warwickshire
CV8 2LZ

Or by contacting FACE direct:

Tel: 024 7685 8261
Fax: 024 7641 4808
Email: enquiries@face-online.org.uk

For more information on the "Year of Food and Farming" please follow this link: The Year of Food and Farming

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