Food and farming is child’s play

More primary school pupils than ever will be able to take part in this year’s flagship Food and Farming Day at the city’s East of England Arena.

Kids Country, the East of England Agricultural Society’s education initiative, has opened up 500 new places for school children from Peterborough and across the East of England to attend on July 3.

The Food and Farming Day connected over 3,500 school children from Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 in 2019, and Kids Country education manager Sandra Lauridsen expects this year’s event to be the biggest yet, with over 100 industry leading educators connecting with key aspects of the National Curriculum through real, hands-on outdoor learning experiences about all aspects of food, farming and the countryside.

Sandra said: “We are passionate about helping children to understand food, farming and the countryside in the East of England, where we are surrounded by some of the most productive farmland and producers, our local ‘farming superheroes’. These children are the consumers of the future and to understand that food comes from a farm, not the supermarket, and the process of producing that food in our countryside, is essential to making better informed decisions.”

On the day, children will experience close contact with farm animals, how to milk a cow, and see working dogs and ponies in action, whilst interactive workshops will be running throughout the event, from sausage and pancake making to flour milling and rural crafts. School children also have the opportunity to enter this year’s Food and Farming Day competition – ‘Design and Create a Scarecrow.’

Spaces are still available (£3.60 per child, with teachers and accompanying adults free). Go to www.kids-country.co.uk/events.

The Food and Farming Day