Farming Friends

Seasonal food for November includes:

• Apples
• Blackberries
• Beetroot
• Broccoli
• Cabbages
• Carrots
• Cauliflowers
• Courgettes
• Cucumbers
• French Beans
• Kohl Rabi
• Mange Tout
• Marrows
• Onions
• Peas
• Plums
• Potatoes
• Runner Beans
• Spinach
• Sugar Snaps
• Sweetcorn
• Turnips

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Food Fruit Seasonal Food Vegetables

As a school teacher and a farmer’s wife, I often have to contemplate the meaning of harvest festival, as the Autumn approaches. The scary thing I have found is that children (at the school I work in at least!) do not understand the meaning of harvest, despite having a harvest festival every year. So I pose the question;
What do you think the true meaning of harvest festival is?
Please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts about the true meaning of harvest festival.

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Harvest Harvest Festival

When a farm has livestock there are certain jobs that have to be done at certain times of the day and certain times of the year.

The Farming Friends livestock consists of;

• Poultry - white leghorn hen and guinea fowl.
• Fattening beef cattle.
• Breeding beef cattle.
• British saddleback pigs.

Each morning the following jobs need to be done; (more…)

Beef Cattle British Saddlebacks Cattle Farm Management Guinea Fowl Pigs Poultry

Today marks the start of the Year Of Food And Farming in the UK. As the Year Of Food And Farming website states, the Year Of Food And Farming is, “An exciting campaign to help children find out more about the countryside and where their food comes from through memorable, first-hand learning experiences!

The Year runs from September 2007 to July 2008 and during that time, there’ll be exciting opportunities for children to:

follow the story from ‘field to fork’

explore the importance of food

make informed decisions about food and healthy nutrition

watch what happens on a real-life farm

experience what the countryside can offer

learn more about environmental issues linked to food and the countryside.”

The Farming Friends website can help to deliver these opportunities to children and schools and this is why Farming Friends has registered it’s support of the campaign and now features on the Year Of Food And Farming Megamap. The Megamap will build up a picture of all the activity that is happening during the Year of Food and Farming. If you are involved in teaching, farming, catering, food production, or horticulture, then you may be able to offer support. So register your support today and help children and schools learn about food and farming.

The Year of Food & Farming Initiative Year of Food & Farming

Seasonal food for September as recommended by FARMA includes:

Apples
Blackberries
Beetroot
Broccoli
Cabbages
Carrots
Cauliflowers
Courgettes
Cucumbers (more…)

Fruit Homegrown vegetables Vegetables

Seasonal food for August as recommended by FARMA includes:

Asparagus
Beetroot
Blackberries
Broad beans
Broccoli
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celeriac
Cucumber (more…)

Food Fruit Seasonal Food Vegetables

Prince Charles will be the patron of The Year Of Food And Farming initiative.

The Year Of Food And Farming is a national initiative and is to be launched in September 2007 in the UK. It aims to give children an increased awareness of where their food comes from and give them the opportunities to become more involved in food preparation and production. It also aims to provide opportunities for learning more about the countryside and farming.

The Year Of Food And Farming scheme is looking for individuals or organisations to give their support. If you are involved in teaching, farming, catering, food production, or horticulture, then you may be able to offer support. I aim to give my support and hope that you can too.

More information can be found on the Year Of Food And Farming website and the Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) website in the Links section of this website.

The Year of Food & Farming Initiative Year of Food & Farming