Spend Sunday with your family seeing how a dairy farm works
MONMOUTHSHIRE dairy farmers Lawrence and Izabela Hembrow are looking forward to welcoming families to their farm.
Their family will throw open the gates to Mead Farm at Redwick, near Magor, on Sunday, June 10, as part of Open Farm Sunday.
Mead Farm is among many farms in the region that will welcome visitors next month as part of a national event, the Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) Open Farm Sunday.
Mrs Hembrow said: “We’re really looking forward to welcoming guests to Mead Farm, to show them what we do, see the bottling plant and see our lovely herd of Holstein Friesian cattle in their pastures.
“It’ll be a wonderful opportunity to show people, especially youngsters, a working dairy, to sample some of our products and also to see our wonderful electric milk float which does all the hard work delivering all of our home-produced milk, cream and butter, along with eggs bacon and bread, to homes in the locality. Our children William and Abigail are particularly excited about showing others of their age parts of the farm.
“If visitors are lucky, they may also meet our lively and excitable cocker spaniel Lucy, who is more than likely to try to take over proceedings on the day.”
Mead Farm Foods, on 190 acres, delivers its home-produced milk locally to families and businesses in Redwick and areas of Undy, Magor, Caldicot, Langstone, Chepstow and Tutshill, taking orders online.
As well as fresh farm milk, cream and butter, it produces and delivers locally sourced free-range eggs, bacon and bread, and also takes orders from local shops, cafes and restaurants.
Open Farm Sunday, on June 10, will see hundreds of farmers welcome the public and showcase all that agriculture delivers.
Other participating local farms include Severndale Farm in Chepstow, as well as Pentwyn Farm and Cherry Orchard Farm in Monmouth.
Many farms are offering free events and some will open farm shops and offer refreshments for visitors.
The event based on the theme of The Great British Farm Day and LEAF say that the event has a huge positive impact on helping people understand all that farming delivers
Event manager Annabel Shackleton said: “From the wheat for our bread and cereals, and the potatoes and pork for our sausage and mash, through to crops for fuel, clothes and even cosmetics, it all begins on a farm. Farmers play a vital part in our daily lives and LEAF Open Farm Sunday is your chance to be part of the Great British Farm Day and show your support for British farmers and farming.”