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Grow Your Own Potatoes - Join your local school for harvesting

Around the country excitement is mounting, as thousands of primary school children prepare to harvest the potatoes they planted back in the spring. During the week of June 21st a record number of nearly half a million pupils will be harvesting potatoes as part of Potato Council’s Grow Your Own Potatoes project (GYOP). Schools that submit the weight of their crop will be in with a chance of winning an allotment makeover* as part of the national competition.After planting the potato seeds in March, the children have been caring for the plants as they grow, and now can’t wait to see and taste

Playing at Farming Confuses the Country

Playing at Farming Confuses the Country Playing online farming games may be fun, but new research suggests that they are in fact disconnecting us from what happens on a real farm. One in ten of those adults who said they regularly play online farming games believe strawberry milkshake comes from either pink cows or cows eating strawberries*, and over 11% expected to find rice growing on a British farm**. Forty one per cent of the adults surveyed said they regularly play online farming games, with nearly two thirds of those playing for up to five hours a week. The research commissioned by

Less than a week to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June) Interview local farmers who are taking part!

With less than a week to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June), farmers across the country are busy preparing to open their farms to the public. This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. If you would like to visit a farm prior to Open Farm Sunday then let us know. You could follow a local farmer as they make their final preparations for the day or perhaps you would like to try your hand at being a farmer? A typical day might include silage-making, getting ready for harvest, milking a herd of

Less than a month to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June) Interview local farmers who are taking part!

With less than a month to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June), farmers across the country are busy preparing to open their farms to the public. This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. If you would like to visit a farm prior to Open Farm Sunday then let us know. You could follow a local farmer as they make their final preparations for the day or perhaps you would like to try your hand at being a farmer? A typical day might include silage-making, getting ready for harvest, milking a herd of

Call for farmers to go online and get involved with Open Farm Sunday 2010

New for 2010, LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is launching an online workshop, at www.farmsunday.org, for farmers interested in opening their farm on Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June). The online workshop provides practical advice on how to hold a successful Open Farm Sunday event. It features farmers offering guidance, suggestions and valuable tips for opening a farm on 13 June, including health and safety considerations and activity ideas too. Open Farm Sunday, now in its fifth year, helps the public discover and understand the story behind their food, and the dedication and skill of

New look for potatoesforschools.org.uk

Grow Your Own Potatoes, organised by Potato Council, has a new website for primary school teachers. www.potatoesforschools.org.uk has had a fresh and modern makeover, making it easier for teachers to take advantage of the free teaching resources to support the curriculum.Linked to the UK curricular, the site features downloadable resources including worksheets, PowerPoint presentations and factsheets. In addition, videos, recipes, games and colouring sheets all provide interactive ideas for classroom activities. Potato Council has also produced a downloadable Teacher’s Guide, which features

Grow Your Own Potatoes - Support Your Local School

During the week of March 15th, 450,000 pupils, from over 11,000 primary schools, will be planting potatoes as part of the national Grow Your Own Potatoes project (GYOP). Organised by Potato Council, this unique project offers children an exciting and hands-on opportunity to see at first hand what it takes to be a potato grower!To celebrate the start of the biggest GYOP project ever, Potato Council is inviting media to visit a local participating school as the children plant their seed potatoes. Supporting your local school will provide fantastic photos, soundbites and interview

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