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.

The Mid Somerset Consortium for Teacher Training will be delivering a Graduate Teacher Programme to enable the training of graduates for those who wish to teach Land Based Studies* and achieve Qualified Teacher Status.

A one day course to enable you to achieve cross curricula learning outside the classroom through farm visits.
9th & 30th June 2010 - Manor Farm, Guilford Road, Wooton, Dorking, Surrey.

As we are approaching the busy Easter holiday season when families are likely to visit open farms, the Health Protection Agency, Health and Safety Executive and Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services have jointly published a timely reminder of good practice in reducing the risk of infection to visitors to open farms.

Bee Scene in 2010!  Calling on all primary teachers and environmental education coordinators to join a new survey this spring with your school or youth group.

Open Farm Sunday workshops take place around the UK throughout March. These are an excellent way to find out more about OFS and pick up some valuable tips and training.

LandLearn is a statewide education program of the Victorian Department of Primary Industries, Australia.