400 farms right across the country opened their gates and showed people around their farms on the 1st June.
Farms of every type and size got involved and offered everything from simple farm walks and tractor rides right through to ferret walking, duck racing and worm charming!
“The response from farmers and the public has been fantastic” said LEAF’s Chief Executive, Caroline Drummond “We exceeded all our expectations this year with more farmers getting involved than ever before, more people visiting their local farm and some fantastic national and local press coverage. The enthusiasm, commitment and hard work from everyone who opened up just went to show the pride and passion farmers feel for what they do, not only as food producers but as custodians of our countryside.”
Next year’s Open Farm Sunday is on the 7 June 2009!
AND an amusing bit of business from one farmer who marked out with rope the area of a field to illustrate –
1 ha
1 acre
Area required to produce 1 litre of cooking oil (6 m2)
Area required to produce 1 bag of flour (1.5 m2)
1 ha, produces 15,000 loaves of bread
