Farms across Northern Ireland are inviting the public in to see their work and the animals behind the scenes.
Farms across Northern Ireland are opening their gates to the public as part of Open Farm Weekend.Eighteen farms across Northern Ireland have events planned for visitors with apple, sheep and dairy farms among those involved.Jake and Jessica loved their day at the farmP1 pupils from Ballycraigy Primary Sschool in Antrim visited the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise at Greenmount.Jessica, five, said she liked all the animals, especially “the cows and sheep and pigs and ducks”.
"So it's been brilliant to get them down here and they've been able to see the sheep getting sheared."It's really interesting for them actually, to see where food comes from. William Irvine is the president of the UFU and said showing children where their food comes from is “hugely important”.Mr Irvine said he wanted to see more being done to teach children about food production.
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