Current actions for you to take
Country Trust to make the next twelve months a Year of Opportunity for Children
We will be working harder than ever to make a difference for the children who have missed out most due to COVID-19. We are calling on government to help us to ensure every child has the opportunity to: visit a real working farm, to discover the connections between the food they eat, their own health and the health of the planet, and to develop the confidence and curiosity to explore the living world.
Send a letter to your MP
Help us ensure that the new Environmental Land Management Scheme currently being developed includes support for as many farmers as possible to host educational visits.
Send a letter to your local MP.
Download the letter templateTake a look at what’s happening
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Agriculture Bill
We've been urging the government to ensure the new Agriculture Bill includes provision for stand-alone payments for farmers offering farm education.
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Environmental Land Management scheme
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Select Committees
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National Food Strategy
Latest News
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Country Trust welcomes the National Food Strategy’s ‘Eat and Learn’ policy recommendations
For people and agriculture to thrive we must all be informed participants rather than mere consumers for whom food production is an abstract idea.
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Education (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill campaign gathering momentum
Country Trust supports Teach the Future's work to bring showing care for each other and the planet into the curriculum
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Country Trust adds its voice to new Food Education Network
Leading Food Education providers join together to back the National Food Strategy
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Covid-19 “A painful reality check”. The National Food Strategy
Historic reform to food system needed to protect the NHS, improve the health of the nation and save our environment.
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Country Trust accepted as members of the Fair Education Alliance
We are now joining nearly 200 organisations who believe that no child's educational success should be limited by their socio-economic background
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Country Trust Amendment to the Agriculture Bill is debated at the House of Lords
We were thrilled that our amendment to the Agriculture Bill was finally brought to the House of Lords on July 9th by Lord Curry.
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Country Trust Amendment to the Agriculture Bill is tabled
The Country Trust is urging the government to ensure that the new Agriculture Bill includes provision for stand-alone payments for farmers who offer high quality farm education.
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