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LATEST NEWS
BBC Article on E.Coli - 15 June 2010.
Download here.Griffin Report on E-coli 2010
After outbreaks of e-coli on five farms in Devon, Surrey, North Yorkshire, and Nottinghamshire
in September 2009, which left several children seriously ill, the Health Protection Agency carried
out an investigation, led by Professor George Griffin. The findings of this 250-page report were made
public on 15 June. To download a summary of recommendations click here. We will be working with our partners in Access to Farms to deliver a sector wide
response to the recommendations. Should you have any questions or wish to feed any comments into these
discussions please get in touch with Gary Richardson on
07711 069092 or email him here.
Regional Conferences 2010
In 2010 FFS/CFE and FACE will be running 4 regional conferences for FFS members and FACE farm members. More details and booking forms here.
Recipro8
Reciproc8 is a recycling company that provides FREE products and experiences
to schools throughout the UK through a recycling rewards scheme. This includes free
transport - a great way to increase the number of school visits to farms.
The schemes are simple to start and manage. You gain Reciproc8 Points for the mobile phones,
inkjet cartridges and toners that you collect for recycling. You can then redeem these Reciproc8
Points against the range of products and experiences in the Reciproc8 Reward programme. For further
details click here.
If you don't want to register your farm for its own scheme then you could contribute to the
CFE central scheme so that we can build up points. Simply send mobiles etc to the following address:
CFE
FREEPOST RSBH-ABXS-JULJ
RECIPROC8 RECYCLING LTD
UNIT A DODDINGTON PARK FARM
BRIDGEMERE
NANTWICH
CW5 7PU
For further details about Reciproc8 visit their
website:
New ‘farm visits learning day’ to help deliver national curriculum and enable children to learn about food, farming and the natural environment Farm Visits Learning Day.
For lastest HSE advice on E-coli, please follow the following link.For the latest information on Swine Flu please refer to the Health Protection Agency website and the DEFRA website
Bluetongue
for the latest news from DEFRA please
click here
Foot and Mouth
for the latest news from DEFRA please
click here
Avian Flu,
for the latest
news from DEFRA please
click here
Farms for Schools
FFS aims to ensure that school trips to farms are safe, enjoyable and educationally worthwhile. Four Farms for Schools members were included in the"Five best Farms for Kids" article in the Saturday Guardian. Cotswold Farm Park in Glos, Odds Farm Park in Bucks, Mead Open Farm in Beds and Cannon Hall Farm in South Yorks. Click here to see article.
All FFS members meet the required standards in the provision of facilities and educational resources for farm visits.
These include Health and Safety, current employers liability insurance and adequate toilet and hand washing facilities. Livestock on farms have to be attended by a vet at regular intervals.
Farmers
Please download a copy of
The Guide for Hosts planning countryside events involving schools
Teachers
Please download a copy of
The Guide for Teachers visiting countryside events involving schools
Acrobat Reader is required to view the above documents
- to download the latest
version please click
here
Farms for Schools
Unit 4F
Top Land Country Business Park
Cragg Road
Mytholmroyd
West Yorkshire
HX7 5RW
Phone: 01422 885566
Fax:01422 885533
Email: info@farmsforschools.org.uk