Media and Press Releases

Press releases 2018

March 2018

Walthamstow pupils make soup with Lady Mayoress

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East London and West Essex Guardian

Sacred Heart school bring the countryside to the heart of the curriculum

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Headteacher Update

January 2018

Kettle Foods supports Norwich school's Food Discovery programme

Norwich-based Kettle Chips help Mile Cross Primary children explore where their food comes from, and even make their own flavours!

Postcode Local Trust support Country Trust project at Suffolk school

A new grant award by Postcode Local Trust will help us make a real difference to children at one Suffolk school, taking three school year groups on a journey of Food Discovery

Charity's work with local refugees on BBC Countryfile

Our project to bring newly arrived refugee children to the British countryside is to be showcased on BBC Countryfile this weekend.

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The Lancashire Telegraph

Clitheroe Advertiser

Press releases 2017

October 2017

Children learn about the changing seasons at Raveningham Estate
Children from Mile Cross Primary School, Norwich enjoy a fabulous return visit to impressive Raveningham Estate in South Norfolk, to learn how food is produced and see first-hand the changes that happen on the farm at different times of the year.

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The Country Squire

September 2017

City school brings farming to the heart of the Curriculum
An inner-city school miles away from the countryside has brought food and farming to the heart of its curriculum and pupils are now reaping the benefits.

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The Farmers Guardian

August 2017

A Fond Farewell For Cathy
After 11 years promoting food, farming and the countryside in the West Midlands for educational charity The Country Trust, Cathy Evans looks back at her time doing a job she loves, as she prepares to enjoy a well-earned break.

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The Staffordshire Newsletter

July 2017

Local children get hands on with nature during Warburtons farm visit
Children from local school Weelsby Academy enjoyed a hands-on farm visit at Claxby Grange in Market Rasen yesterday to discover the importance of wheat, the countryside and sustainable farming.

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British Baker
FarmingUK
Lincolnshire Reporter
Market Rasen Mail

June 2017

Bringing the wonders of the countryside alive for city children
Thanks to a donation from specialist caterers Caterlink, children from three London schools have enjoyed farm visits to learn about where their food comes from.

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FarmingUK
The Country Squire
Hospitality & Conference News

March 2017

Bringing the wonders of lambing into the classroom
Educational charity The Country Trust install a “LambCam” on a working farm in Kent to bring the wonders of the lambing shed to city children.

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The Country Squire
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Listen to the BBC Radio Kent report (at 1hr 30mins in)

February 2017

New “kid” on the block!
New Farm Visit Coordinator for national education charity, The Country Trust, organises her first exciting visit for children from Burnwood Community Primary School, Stoke-on-Trent to Hollywood Goat Farm in Stone.

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Little bit of Stone

Press releases 2016

December 2016

Magical Christmas farm visit for Telford school children
Educational charity The Country Trust organises a special Christmas themed day for children from John Randall Primary School to Morrells Wood Farm, Shropshire.

November 2016

Children from Parkside School have a tasty time!
Educational charity The Country Trust teams up with local Head Chef to teach children how to cook tasty seasonal salads

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Norwich Evening News

October 2016

Tower Hamlets children discover pumpkins in Brentwood!
The Country Trust teams up with Calcott Hall Farm, Brentwood to bring the countryside alive for inner city children.

Disadvantaged children get farm visits boost thanks to CLA
Land and property membership organisation, the CLA, awards grant to The Country Trust to extend the reach of its work

Inner-city London children learn life lessons from the Norfolk countryside
A group of London schoolchildren swapped the concrete jungle for the Norfolk countryside as part of a charitable project to reconnect inner city youngsters with the natural world.

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Eastern Daily Press
The Country Squire

July 2016

East London school children raise the roof growing fresh vegetables!
A year of Food Discovery ends with a roof-top harvest feast for children at Hague Primary School

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East London Advertiser

Norwich school children make a meal out of growing!
A year of Food Discovery ends with a massive harvest feast for children at Mile Cross Primary School.

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Eastern Daily Press

Children are in the market for learning about food
A year of Food Discovery ends with a busy playground market for children at Ward End Primary School.

June 2016

Children have a top notch time at Tophouse Farm!
Thanks to funding from BASF, Hightown Junior & Infant School enjoy a Country Trust farm visit to Tophouse Farm, Rawcliffe Bridge.

May 2016

Tower Hamlets school experiences “field to fork” for the first time
Pupils from Solebay Primary Academy travelled from their school in Tower Hamlets to Chatham Green near Chelmsford, to learn about food and farming.

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East London Advertiser

Famous farmer favours farm visit!
Budding farmer and CBeebies presenter, JB Gill, once of boy band JLS, has joined school children on a visit to a farm.

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Farming UK
Stackyard

First farm visit for primary children to Ditchingham Estate
Local farm and estate is keen to forge greater links with nearby schools to help increase children’s understanding of food and farming.

Sticking the boot in for charity!
Chelmsford College students support the work of education charity The Country Trust by making boot jacks for primary children.