New partnership offers disadvantaged children a taste of farm life

Around 1,000 pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds offered chance to get 'their hands into the soil'

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A new partnership between The Crown Estate and The Country Trust to provide farming and countryside experiences for more than 1,000 pupils
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A new partnership between The Crown Estate and The Country Trust to provide farming and countryside experiences for more than 1,000 pupils

Children from primary schools in areas of social and economic disadvantage will be offered a taste of life on a working farm and access to the countryside as part of a new partnership. Farm visits ...

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