Muthill pupils enjoy farm visit as Tara takes on role
Cattle named by children
The Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) has appointed Tara Clark as project co-ordinator for Perth and Kinross.
Tara will be continuing to work on educating young people about food, farming and agriculture in the local area.
She was brought up in Fife and has always been involved with the day-today running of her family’s mixed farm.
Tara has already arranged a visit to Dargill Farm near Crieff for Muthill Primary School pupils, by kind permission of stockman Tom Henderson.
The trip was organised by RHET as part of its ongoing mission to give every school pupil in Scotland the opportunity to visit the outdoors and learn about food, farming and the countryside.
Tom showed primary five, six and seven children round the beef farm and gave them a talk about what is involved in producing his prize Simmental herd.
The pupils had the chance to name
pedigree Simmental twin calves that were born the day before the visit and, after a class vote, they decided on Messi and Pepsi.
Tara said: “I am delighted to get this job with RHET as my passion lies within
education but wanted to link this with my love of agriculture.”
She added: “Dargill is a great venue for a farm visit and Tom is so passionate about what he does.
“The pupils asked great questions and
I enjoyed it as the first farm visit I have organised.”
This was the first farm visit since the Covid restrictions have been lifted on trips and Tom said: “It was great to have pupils from a local primary school on the farm
and they had a real hunger to learn about where their food came from.
“We have enjoyed working with RHET and are proud that we are playing our part in educating the next generation about food, farming and the countryside.”