Hampshire Country Learning – New Forest local food project

total project costs £6,832.82
SDF Grant £4,706.60 (69% of  total)

Working with six New Forest schools this project teaches children about the food that is produced in the New Forest area. Children from each of the schools visit a local working farm to experience how the countryside is managed to produce food, learn about the work that is involved and meet the people who produce the food. Following the farm visit each school will receive a composting bin, gardening equipment and a gardening session to hep them improve their sustainability. Each school ill also receive a cookery workshop which will use locally grown ingredients and food from the school’s growing activity. Class work produced by the school children will be displayed at the New Forest Show.

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