FACE has recruited a range of growers to its programme via the Royal Cornwall show. The Farming and Countryside Education strategy called for ‘farmers who want to learn how to reconnect with a new generation of future consumers via schools’.
The academic year September 2007 to July 2008 has been designated by the government as the Year of Food and Farming in Schools, aimed at helping young people learn more about how their food is produced, how it reaches their plates and its nutritional value.
Cornwall NFU chairman, Martin Howlett, already trained under the CEVAS scheme. He sees it as very important: “It is vital that as many farmers as possible enlist to meet demand for farm visits and re-connection with the coming generation of consumers because, frankly, a lot of the problems we have had as an industry stem from the gulf that has grown between those who produce food and those who eat it,” he asserted.
“We need to address this as a matter of urgency but it won’t just happen and it’s up to us to make the most of this opportunity and build upon it. I found the CEVAS training in all aspects of working with schools very enlightening.”
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