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Open Farm Sunday is set to return with a 'bang' on 12 June following the pandemic's impact on the annual initiative, organisers have said.

ORGANISERS of LEAF Open Farm Sunday, Linking Environment And Farming, are encouraging farmers to plant their cotton ‘pants’ now to demonstrate…

IT IS perhaps one of the odder do-it-yourself experiments available to farmers with an interest in soil biology, but the annual plant your pants…

LEAF Open Farm Sunday registration officially launches today, with the annual farm open day taking place on Sunday 12 June under the theme 'health'.

More farmers are being actively encouraged to open their gates and welcome members of the public during the industry’s annual open day. Last year, more

CUMBRIAN farmers are being urged to open their farmgates and join in the farming industrys annual open day later in June.

SIZE doesn’t matter this year is the message from farmers as they prepare to open their gates to the public next month.

River Croft in Inverness-shire set up two bookable tours with a limit of 35 visitors FARMERS ARE being encouraged to welcome the public into the safety of the countryside this June – and help promote Britains food and farming story in the process. On Sunday, June 27, LEAF Open Farm Sunday (LOFS) returns and will celebrate 15 years of welcoming the public on to farms as part of the industry’s annual open day. Interest in food production and support for local producers is at an all time...

The farming industry’s annual open day will return next month, and the trend for this year will be for smaller, Covid-friendly events.

EIGHT ambassadors have been hired by Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) in the run-up to their Open Farm Sunday event. All ambassadors have a background in agriculture and will share ideas to engage visitors during the event, which is scheduled for June 27. This year’s LEAF Open Farm Sunday will host small, socially-distanced walks and talks to provide an intimate insight to what happens on a farm. Annabel Shackleton, LEAF Open Farm Sunday manager, said: “In order to support far...