OPINION: Sophie Smith - "Agriculture is barely acknowledged in the secondary national curriculum"

Sophie Smith is head of biology and agriculture at Westonbirt school and has recently implemented a BTech Agriculture course to encourage learning about food, farming and sustainability

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OPINION: Sophie Smith - "Agriculture is barely acknowledged in the secondary national curriculum"

My blog on agricultural education is fuelled by my excitement for and anticipation of change following on from the recent Parliamentary roundtable conversation, which centred around food, farming and sustainability...

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