Care farming in the UK

<font face="Arial-LightPL" size="3"><font face="Arial-LightPL" size="3"> <p align="left">The 3rd national care farming conference is taking place in September exploring&nbsp;the experiences of care farmers in the UK. For more information visit <a href="http://www.ncfi.org.uk">www.ncfi.org.uk</a></p> </font></font>
Last updated 20/07/2010

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Let nature feed your senses: farm and wildlife visits for disabled people, older people and young people

Have a look at a BBC report on a Let nature feed your senses visit to Broughton Grounds farm in Oxfordshire to see what we mean!

Visit farms and nature reserves across England

It’s sometimes said that children in cities don’t know where milk comes from. Most of us these days have little experience of farming, and this is especially true for people who have difficulty getting out to the countryside. Let nature feed your senses gives children, people with disabilities and older people the chance to experience food production first-hand, up close and personal.

Farms, city farms and nature reserves across England have come together to offer sensory-rich visits that help make the connections between food, farming and nature. So far we have welcomed groups from inner city schools, groups with learning disabilities and sensory impairments, and older people with dementia, to experience the plants and animals that help to feed us. You can see how well these visits have gone here.

There’s no substitute for hands-on experience, and sensory-rich visits allow visitors to touch, smell, hear and taste food production as it happens, in a safe, accessible environment, guided by friendly farmers and nature experts who know the places like the backs of their hands.

If you’re thinking of visiting a farm contact us to organise a visit.

Young girl half screwing her nose up and half smiling at the smell of the silage in her gloved hands   A woman carefully steering a tramper through a narrow gap in a wall between two large lumps of granite   A pen full of calves standing on a fresh bed of straw. One black calf is cautiously sniffing a man's hand