Great Missenden C of E School Yr 3 visited in February and to link with their Stone Age topic: we split into groups to be Farmers, Foragers and Flintstones (Fire-makers). Great visits, including sitting with cosy skins over laps and doing cave painting: full marks to the children and teachers for braving the cold. Lyndhurst [...]
Our Terrific Toilets Appeal is launched! We held our first Super Sizzling Sausage Supper complete with sausage making demonstration by Duncan; much fun had by all, with thanks to our helpers too. Our Terrific Toilets Raffle raised over £600 with prizes donated by The FireCrest, The Black Horse Pub, the Roald Dahl Museum, Oasis Spa, [...]
The Bucks Roving Artists spent a sunny day here using acrylics, water colours, oils and allsorts; we held an Apple chop and chatter and welcomed our first regular weekly Farm Helper! We also welcomed a visit from Gateway school children and at the other end of the education scale, from Berkshire College of Agriculture Foundation [...]
Open Farm Sunday in June saw over 300 visitors of all ages, especially enjoying Gwyn and Nell the sheepdogs working with Farmer David. Many thanks to our band of helpers! The donkeys have been busy: we visited our local pub the Black Horse’s Charity Day, raising funds for the Thames Valley Adventure Playground for those [...]
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On a bright, sunny afternoon our local MP, the Right Honourable Cheryl Gillan came to visit, was extremely encouraging, and said: "I was delighted to visit Road Farm and learn about their work and ventures. I was impressed by their vision to develop understanding and appreciation for farms and our countryside, and I wish them [...]
We had several farm helpers over half term, very needed as it's busy here looking after all the sheep and new lambs!
February means lambing time starts at Road Farm and Joey and Shankydd are sharing the stable barn with a pen of bottle fed lambs (sleepless nights?!)
We're participating in Let Nature Feed Your Senses National Conference in Birmingham in November, including Care Farming UK's national AGM.
We will be visiting Missenden Abbey to tell our local vibrant Great Missenden Rotary all about RFCCIC in November.
