Opinion: "Farming deserves to be part of the education agenda"

A new Farmers Guardian-backed campaign is aiming to secure a place for agriculture in our schools. Digital Editor Emily Ashworth explains why its time the Government paid attention

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Farming deserves a place on the curriculum, says a new campaign
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Farming deserves a place on the curriculum, says a new campaign

Recently, I had the pleasure of joining members of the Soil Ed campaign team in Parliament for the first ever roundtable discussion on how to get farming, food and nature education on to the national curriculum....

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