LEAF Open Farm Sun­day (LOFS) will still be going ahead as planned with small­er scale, social­ly dis­tanced farm walks and talks, fol­low­ing local restrictions. 

Out­door events are low risk regard­ing Covid trans­mis­sion. In Eng­land, the cur­rent Covid restric­tions do not impact out­door agri­cul­tur­al and hor­ti­cul­tur­al events where space allows social dis­tanc­ing to be adhered to and atten­dance is lim­it­ed to 4,000 peo­ple (as out­lined in step 2 of the roadmap). In Scot­land there is a tiered sys­tem in oper­a­tion with events capped at 250 peo­ple. In Wales, guid­ed farm tours can take place so long as social dis­tanc­ing can be main­tained. Host farm­ers will be tak­ing all rea­son­able mea­sures to min­imise the risk of expo­sure to and spread of Coro­n­avirus, includ­ing social dis­tanc­ing and lim­it­ing attendance.

Farms open­ing for LOFS will be offer­ing vis­i­tors a vari­ety of on-farm expe­ri­ences from guid­ed walks and farm tours to machin­ery dis­plays and pic­nics on the farm. We will con­tin­ue to mon­i­tor Covid infor­ma­tion from Gov­ern­ments and sup­port both our host farm­ers and vis­i­tors so that every­one has a safe and enjoy­able day. Ulti­mate­ly, we are so pleased that we can bring the pub­lic out onto farms this sum­mer, to find out more about the agri­cul­tur­al indus­try first-hand, enjoy the health and well­be­ing ben­e­fits of being out­doors and to give vis­i­tors a mem­o­rable experience. 

We hope that every­one will take the oppor­tu­ni­ty on 27^th June, to cel­e­brate all that British farm­ers deliv­er and enjoy a feast of British food and drink.