Farms for City Children connects kids with food - "I had never been to the countryside or seen stars before that visit, it changed my life"

Donna Edmonds, Farms for City Children CEO, believes her charity can play a key role in safeguarding farming’s future

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Farms for City Children connects kids with food - "I had never been to the countryside or seen stars before that visit, it changed my life"

Being forced to completely close for two years during the Pandemic would have destroyed most organisations, but not Farms for City Children. Determined to continue fulfilling their mission of connecting...

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