Let’s Talk Farming is the education brand for the NFU aimed to give children an overview of farming in the UK.

Two booklets have been developed to appeal directly to children.

The Prince’s Countryside Fund is launching an urgent appeal to the public to donate funds to help farmers in financial crisis throughout the UK.

The third Growing Together Conference is to be held at Holt Hall, Norfolk on June 13th.

DairyCo is launching a spring campaign to encourage people to take time to savour and appreciate the everyday things that matter – especially where their milk comes from.

We are delighted to tell you about the first-ever Tiptree World Bread Awards www.worldbreadawards.com which have chosen Farming & Countryside Education to be their partner charity.

Delegate spaces available. Hatfield House in Hertfordshire. Conference Programme and Workshop details now available.

Britain's Biggest Climate Change Campaign – 4 to 10 March 2013

Climate Week is a supercharged national campaign to inspire a new wave of action on climate change. It culminates in thousands of events and activities, planned by organisations from every sector of society. Showcasing real, practical ways to combat climate change, the campaign aims to renew our ambition to create a more sustainable, low-carbon future.

Information events for host farmers and helpersfor Open Farm Sunday are being held throughout the country.

Open Farm Sunday 2013: register now!
Register now to take part in this year’s Open Farm Sunday on the 9th June at www.farmsunday.org.

An exciting conference for all those interested in growing in the context of education will be held on July 5th-6th in London.

Barleylands Farm is hosting a FREE teacher training workshop on Inquiry based science by Sarah Payton. It is for teachers and they will come away with lots of fantastic ideas for science lessons outside.

Yorkshire Agricultural Society is planning a third careers conference for careers advisers and teachers on November 8th at Askham Bryan College, York.

FACE member Countryside Learning recently held a story writing competition for children who attended their estate days and Countryside Live events.

The British Leafy Salads Association has launched a new Grow Your Own Salads initiative for primary schools aimed at children aged 7-11. 

This summer grainchain.com have reprinted the Wheat into Flour packs, which include samples of wheat during the milling process to show how wheat is turned into flour.

Early Learning HQ is an excellent website which boasts hundreds of key stage one and early years foundation stage resources for teachers. All FREE and downloadable.

20% off when quoting FACE. The Midlands Educators Learning Association (MELA) brings together a fantastic range of educators and providers from across both primary and secondary phases for their annual Festival of Learning.

Do you know someone who has made and positive and significant impact on the lives of children and young people through their work, research, writing or campaigning for learning outside the classroom (LOtC)? Then this is your chance to nominate them for a national LOtC Award!  

The school farm: providing a stimulating learning environment for all young people. 5th-6th October 2012, Banbury, Oxfordshire.

The RSPCA Young Photographer Awards competition is open for entries on 28 May. The competition is free to enter and open to anyone in Great Britain who is aged 18 or under on 10 September 2012.

2011 Image Winner: Will Nicholls

Junction Arts, an art organisation based in NE Derbyshire has recently been awarded a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to deliver an exciting creative project called Combine - Farming Heritage | East Midlands.

Six young entrepreneurs from inner city London develop a vegetable growing business during the summer holidays. 

CLOtC is offering continuous professional development training to schools in the West Midlands on the 9th March 2012 at Bishops Wood Centre, Worcestershire.

Farmers interested in getting involved in this year’s Open Farm Sunday on the 17th June, are being urged to attend one of many FREE events held throughout the country.

NFAN (National Farm Attractions Network) is holding its annual conference at Drayton Manor Theme Park, Staffordshire on February 7th and 8th.

CountryTastic 12th April 2012 at Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire
Opening times: 10am – 5pm 
Join in the fun this Easter holidays, at CountryTastic!

The Royal Entomological Society will be celebrating all that is ‘great’ about British insects next year with the return of National Insect Week 2012.

Bridgend College song writing competition winners Dolau Primary are releasing their song 'Bee Power' for download, to raise awareness of the plight of bees.

FACE member the Yorkshire Agricultural Society is holding a conference to promote careers in the food farming and environment sectors. Adam Henson of Countryfile will be in attendance.

Over 16,000 children have swapped the classroom for countryside in the past year, thanks to a surge in the number of school visits to the Ernest Cook Trust’s country estates. 

Win a wildlife garden for your school by entering this competition.

The National Trust is looking for up to 10,000 people to take part in a mass on-line public farming experiment where they will make key decisions at one of its working farms at Wimpole in Cambridgeshire.

In opening your farm to visits from children and young people your aim will be to create a welcoming, enjoyable and safe environment.

Watch a series of short films to learn about dairy farming in a few minutes. Features include a day in the life of a vet, a calf is born and robotic milking.

The importance of the school farm in raising attainment. 1st - 2nd July 2011 - Minehead, Somerset.

The enterprising spirit of the rural dimension. 29 - 30 March 2011, Nottingham Trent University.

Throughout 2011, the Real Bread Campaign is showing children around Britain how to Bake Your Lawn and follow the Real Bread trail from seed to sandwich on your own doorstep.

Schools from across the country converged in Nottingham this week to learn whether they had won recognition in the Learning Outside the Classroom Awards for Excellence and Innovation 2010.

Register now for your chance to enter the Potato Council’s exciting Grow Your Own Potato Competition.

The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC), invites you to join us for one of our national conference and continuous professional development events on the 6th and 7th December 2010 in Nottingham.

Barleylands Farm Park and Craft Village are celebrating after winning the prestigious Best Large Attraction award at the Essex Tourism Awards last night at Le Talbooth in Dedham.  Barleylands has recently become a FACE member!

DairyCo’s consumer website, launched in 2010 to provide interested consumers and members of the press with facts about British dairy farming.

Animal Welfare: Linking your school food to learning and making progress towards your bronze award. Free CPD in the East Midlands.