Press Releases

Please find below Open Farm Sunday 2010 press releases and media information.

    • Griffin Report on E Coli Published - Statement from LEAF by Caroline Drummond, Chief Executive:
      “Every year tens of thousands of people get great pleasure in visiting a farm. They come to simply enjoy the countryside or to learn more about where their food comes from."
    • Fifth Open Farm Sunday a Fantastic Success!
      Fantastic team work from farmers across the country, together with support from the food and farming industry and stakeholders, all contributed to make LEAF’s fifth Open Farm Sunday (13th June) a great success. Early results suggest that the around the same number of farms as 2009 opened and that between them, they welcomed more visitors than ever before. Support for this annual campaign came from the highest level with Defra ministers also attending events.
    • Playing at Farming Confuses the Country
      Playing online farming games may be fun, but new research suggests that they are in fact disconnecting us from what happens on a real farm. One in ten of those adults who said they regularly play online farming games believe strawberry milkshake comes from either pink cows or cows eating strawberries , and over 11% expected to find rice growing on a British farm.
    • Jimmy and Michaela Doherty Launch Open Farm Sunday 2010
      With just a few days to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010, farming champion Jimmy Doherty and his wife Michaela have joined the campaign to help LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) launch farming’s national open day to the general public.
    • Online workshop for host farmers
      New for 2010, LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is launching an online workshop, at www.farmsunday.org, for farmers interested in opening their farm on Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June).
    • Press release for farmer hosts
      On Sunday 13 June 2010, xxx farm near xx town/village will be opening its gates to the public for Open Farm Sunday 2010. The day offers visitors a great day out, and an opportunity to meet the farmers who grow their food and care for the countryside. (March 2010)
    • Open Farm Sunday June 13th, 2010 – get involved!
      Farmers up and down the UK are being encouraged to take part in this year’s Open Farm Sunday on June 13. A number of workshops to help prepare host farmers will take place in March (January 2010)
    • Open Farm Sunday – 13 June 2010
      Care about your food? We do! That’s the message from farmers across the country, as they prepare to open their farm gates on Open Farm Sunday (13 June 2010). This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. (January 2010)