On Thursday we were blessed with a gorgeous day in which to
enjoy our trip to the local supermarket and the farm. Following a tour of
the Coop looking for sustainability logos and discussing food miles, we then
headed over to the farm.
We were shown how the crops such as wheat, barley,
rapeseed and sugarbeet are processed into the products of flour, oil
and sugar in order to make cereal, bread and oils. We then
explored the variety of crops grown, discussed crop rotation and tried our
hands at sowing seeds – although not as far or as quick as the real machines
could do it in!! We all had a fantastic afternoon in the sunshine
and relished the freedom of being able run freely across the fields.
