Due to the cir­cum­stances relat­ed to the out­break of Coro­n­avirus (COVID-19), it is with regret that LEAF (Link­ing Envi­ron­ment And Farm­ing) has tak­en the inevitable, safe and sen­si­ble deci­sion to post­pone this year’s LEAF Open Farm Sun­day (LOFS) event to Sun­day 20^th Sep­tem­ber 2020.

This deci­sion has not been tak­en light­ly and the organ­i­sa­tion is ful­ly aware of the impli­ca­tions and dis­ap­point­ment this may cause to host farm­ers and vis­i­tors. How­ev­er, giv­en the chal­lenges that the whole coun­try faces in the com­ing weeks and months, LEAF has been left with lit­tle choice but to post­pone the event to lat­er in the year.

Car­o­line Drum­mond, LEAF Chief Exec­u­tive, said: ​“We have spo­ken to a num­ber of our host farm­ers to under­stand the impact of post­pon­ing lat­er in the year. We are pleased with the pos­i­tive response from our ever enthu­si­as­tic farm­ers, many of whom have indi­cat­ed that they would like to still host LEAF Open Farm Sun­day 2020. Con­se­quent­ly, we have rearranged the date to the 20^th Sep­tem­ber 2020.

“We look for­ward to wel­com­ing the pub­lic out onto farm at a dif­fer­ent and inter­est­ing time of year, when they will take plea­sure from get­ting out­side and cel­e­brat­ing farm­ing, food and nature. We will con­tin­ue to sup­port farm­ers host­ing an LOFS event in Sep­tem­ber and encour­ag­ing the pub­lic to vis­it a farm and dis­cov­er the world of farming.”

LEAF would like to thank every­one involved with LEAF Open Farm Sun­day for their patience and under­stand­ing at this time and would encour­age any­one with any ques­tions about this post­pone­ment to vis­it the FAQ page on our web­site, www​.farm​sun​day​.org or email the LOFS team [email protected].

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