Tak­ing place on 5^th June 2016, Open Farm Sun­day will see hun­dreds of farm­ers across the coun­try open­ing their gates to the pub­lic to help them dis­cov­er the world of farm­ing, from how farm­ers grow crops for food, cloth­ing, med­i­cine and fuel through to the sci­ence and tech­nol­o­gy behind British farm­ing. Since its launch in 2006, Open Farm Sun­day has seen over 1.6 mil­lion peo­ple vis­it a farm to learn about the vital work farm­ers do. LEAF is esti­mat­ing 400 farms will open this year and between them, will wel­come over a quar­ter of a mil­lion visitors.

Annabel Shack­le­ton, LEAF’s Open Farm Sun­day Man­ag­er, said: ​“Open Farm Sun­day unites the whole indus­try. We are delight­ed to have been work­ing with most of our spon­sors for many years. Their ongo­ing and long stand­ing sup­port shows their deep com­mit­ment to pro­vid­ing the pub­lic with the oppor­tu­ni­ty to vis­it a farm, learn more about British agri­cul­ture and how it impacts on everyone’s lives.” 

“The sup­port demon­strates just how valu­able Open Farm Sun­day is to the indus­try and the con­tin­u­ing impor­tance of con­nect­ing farm­ers with con­sumers. Our thanks to each of our spon­sors and we look for­ward to work­ing togeth­er with them to ensure the con­tin­ued suc­cess of Open Farm Sunday.” 

Farm­ers wish­ing to open their farms, are asked to reg­is­ter their event at www​.farm​sun​day​.org. LEAF is also organ­is­ing a pro­gramme of FREE events offer­ing sup­port, advice and inspi­ra­tion for both new and expe­ri­enced host farm­ers. Details of all events can be found at www​.farm​sun​day​.org.

New for Open Farm Sun­day 2016, is a refreshed web­site that will be launched in ear­ly April. There, farm­ers will have access to new fea­tures and resources to help inspire their vis­i­tors about all aspects of farm­ing, includ­ing the sci­ence and tech­nol­o­gy behind it.

To read the full press release please click here.