Bedfordshire Year of Food and Farming events

• 20 February   Shuttleworth College - lambing event 20 February  (Contact Lynn Vanstone on 01767 626241 for further details).  See press release
   
• 16 April    Barnfield College/Tastes of Bedfordshire/Tastes of Anglia - event for Luton Upper Schools
   
• 17 May  The Bedfordshire Young Farmers Rally and Country Show is being held on 17^th May at Shuttleworth, Old Warden Park, near Biggleswade and this year will include classes for Bedfordshire school children.  First prize will be £20 in each category.  The age ranges for the different classes are as follows:

5 Years and Under – Mixed media collage depicting the season of spring.
6 to 7 years            -  Mixed media collage depicting the season of autumn
8 to 9 years            -  Mixed media collage depicting farming in summer
10 – 13 years         -  An A3 poster depicting the Year of Food and Farming 2008 (Contact Jenny Ream  email, and mark your enquiry YOFF)

• 19 May   Setting up Educational Visits on Farms short course

Ever thought about hosting occasional visits to your farm from schools or other groups? A two-hour short course for farmers is being held on Monday 19th May 2008, 9.30 – 11.30 am Millennium Barn, Lodge Farm, near Shefford. The course is designed to give you tips and help on how to set up one-off visits to your farm with minimal difficulty. The Setting up Educational Visits on Farms session gives you space to think whether you can get involved without any obligation to do so. View flyer here for more information. This course is FREE! but places must be booked as numbers are limited.

• 3-6 June   Shuttleworth College - arable event.  (Contact Lynn Vanstone on 01767 626241 for further details).