New ways of farming

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Sustainable agriculture

���������������� ���o The Local Farmers Market is a place for

people to come and sell organically grown produce, and hand-made goods.

o The local farmers market can also sell pets, such as rabbits and ducks.

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such as rabbits and ducks.o It is a good place to go to get fresh food,

and produce.o It is a large park, everyone gathers there

and buys fresh food.

o It can also be used as a community get together, it has picnic tables and a basketball course with a playground next door.

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o The market sells some very interesting things, it even has juice bars and snack stands.

o All in all, it’s a great place to get together and share your produce, it also gives the farmers some extra money.

Is this being fair?

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fair?By Billy, Y7 Margays(who is eating Fairtrade chocolate while making the guide)

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Fairtrade� Fairtrade is a social movement which has

been causing quite a scene organically. � The most notable Fairtrade products are � The most notable Fairtrade products are

bananas, clothes, chocolate and coffee.� It’s main aim is to bring export goods from

developing countries to developed countries, therefore making them sustainable.

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Fairtrade impact� Fairtrade rose to fame in 1960s Britain. The

1960s was all about freedom, and Fairtrade was one of the highlights of Fairtrade was one of the highlights of making the world better then.

� When looking for Fairtrade products, they are certified with this logo:

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Dairy scary� In 2009, Fairtrade had one of it’s highest

points since invention when a then-independent Cadbury plc agreed for independent Cadbury plc agreed for most of their products to go Fairtrade.

� Now you can enjoy a perfect Dairy Milk!� Other brands going Fairtrade include Ben

& Jerry’s (with their Vanilla and Coconutty Fair flavours) and The Body Shop.

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World Fairtrade Day� This year, World Fairtrade Day will be held

on May 14th.� The theme for the day is “Trade For

People – Fairtrade your world”.� That day you can show your love for � That day you can show your love for

Fairtrade by buying Fairtrade products and talking about it!

Fairtrade� It’s good for you!

Ashampstead Farming ProjectAshampstead Farming ProjectBy GuilhemBy Guilhem

This is a project which brings plenty of farms around Ashampstead, in West Berkshire, together to promote their produce and their activities to local people. The choices are endless.

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are endless.Some farms greet school trips so that the children can admire and learn about agriculture. The children see the animals, crops and participate in all kinds of activities in the farms. The John Simmons Trust does this. Children especially enjoy going to PYO farms and go to sheep farms during the lambing season.

Some farms have restaurants and cooking sessions, such as The Pot Kiln.

There is also a mushroom farm, Matthew’s Kitchen, where we can learn how to hunt mushrooms in the forest, dry them and cook them. Mike Robinson, a celebrity chef, has his own school of Game & Wild food cookery and uses only local Game that he has shot himself.

There are many butchers and Game dealers who sell high quality meat only. Some is even organic.

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quality meat only. Some is even organic.

Walter’s Turkeys sell turkeys for Christmas that are so popular that they need to be ordered one year in advance.

Nearly all villages in West Berkshire have country markets once a month. They are co-operative enterprises which sell all sorts of local produce: eggs, honey, preserves, potatoes and vegetables, cheeses, fruit, bread and sausages.

Some farms like Compton Cider Company produce real cider in a traditional manner. And others

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real cider in a traditional manner. And others stock the very finest wines.

Yattendon Estates sell thousands of Christmas trees every year that are grown on their estate.

Wren Davis Farm

This farm is a small, organic (since 2000) family farm. They are restoring old hedgerows and planting new hedges. An orchid and park has also been restored, it is great for animals, insects and birds.

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is great for animals, insects and birds.

Wren Davis Farm is a member of the Soil Association. Free-range Kellybronze turkeys are reared on this farm. The flour sold is top quality and is made from ancient varieties of wheat which is stone ground. A beef herd is also raised. A local doorstep milk delivery

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also raised. A local doorstep milk delivery service is also provided by the family firm.

Gumendi is a organic farm that sells products all over Spain.

• And they are close to where I live.They grow and produce:

• Fruits • Dried fruits • germinated sprouts• Vegetables • salads • Honey and sweeteners • Dried fruits

• Bakery products• Pasta • Products • Meat • Fried potatoes, • Snacks and others • Drinks, wines and vinegars • Eggs• Fresh meat from free range chickens and

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• Dried fruits • Infusions • Lacteal - h• Eggs • Vegetables • Bakery products• Pasta • Products • Meat • Fried potatoes, • Snacks and others • Drinks, wines and vinegars • Eggs• Fresh meat from free range chickens and

cows• Hamburgers – pâtés

• They have organic food that doesn't have chemicals on the products. My mom has been organizing a consumers group for about 4 years now.

• We get the food from gumendi. • This Saturday gumendi is

coming to our house and they are going to leave products here. We leave the food inside our house and

• Fresh meat from free range chickens and cows

• Hamburgers – pâtés

Three Family units come to our house to divide all the food for all the people that belong to the group. When they are done all the families come and get their food. Mom always says that it is a bit more expensive but we eat better healthier, and we help protect mother earth and the animals. I like the food (but mostly the meat :D). Its helping the environment by people eating better and there will be less chemicals coming to the soil. The animals are treated better and kept in a free environment. The water they gather comes from the rain and they try to respect the cycles of nature. They do not plant out of season. They use windmills and solar panels for energy when they can. They try to use less number of wrappings for the food. I think that when I grow up I will eat organic food. They also have chocolate :D.Link: http://www.gumendi.es/

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By LaurynWoodlands organic farm

Woodlands farm is located at Kirton house near Boston, Lincolnshire. They deliver Organic foods such as Vegetables,fruit, poultry, salads, flowers, beef, lamb and turkeys to peoplesdoors. Everything that is produced on the farm isdoors. Everything that is produced on the farm isorganic, so that means that there is no pesticides on the vegetables and arable land.

They grow seasonal fruit and vegetables, for example, in summer: Strawberries or blackberries. It is all grown in this country, and delivered locally, not going to the supermarkets miles away where the lorry drivers are polluting the air with fuel or from different countries on planes. Everything you get will be put into a cardboard box which can be recycled, not into plastic packaging which can't be recyclable. The recycling and not using as much fuel is protecting the environment. Here is a link to the woodlands organic farm website: http://www.woodlandsfarm.co.uk/index.phpwebsite: http://www.woodlandsfarm.co.uk/index.php

By Lauryn Walker

Grove Farm PYOGreat GapIvinghoeLeighton BuzzardLU7 9DZ

In 2003 the partnership between the two family farmers finished, and the Leech family became the sole owner of P.Y.O.

By Mohammed

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family became the sole owner of P.Y.O. Grove Farm. Wanting to continue with their style of farming, the England Rural Development Programme for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, supported them with funds to redesign the lay out of the farm including a new access route.

We use this farm every year. Fruits and vegetables available are: Strawberries, Gooseberries, Spinach, Raspberries, Black/Red Currants

Blackberries, Carrots, Beetroot, Onions, Potatoes, Runner Beans, French Beans

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Broccoli, Cauliflower, Courgettes, Marrows, Sunflowers, Tomatoes, Garlic, Broad Beans, Cabbage, Bags of Potatoes

Rhubarb, Borlotti Beans, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Parsnips, Leeks, Sweetcorn, Brussels Sprouts. Also in the shop they sell egg and honey.

http://www.grovefarmpyo.co.uk/homepage

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Rushall Farm by Morwenna

Rushall farm has been an organic farm since1st July 2000. They have 1500 hecteres of land use which they use on: Arable, Grazing, Woodland and Stewardship.

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The pang Valley Charcoal Company is based on the farm and supplies charcoal to the local area.

Educational Trips

A team of staff with a love for the countryside is available to carry out educational work from March 1st to October 31st each year. The farm

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October 31st each year. The farm welcomes 8 - 9,000 pupils to the farm every year! It teaches farming, habitat days, lambing, a woodland trail, and pond and river studies.

Wildlife

The river Pang runs through the valley and is full of wildlife indicative

of a clean lowland chalk stream. Since the farm is in a valley the farm has lots of wildlife including:

• Red kites • buzzards.• French partridge

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• French partridge • Grey partridge is occasionally seen.• Yellowhammers.• Lapwings nest in some of the fields.• In winter large flocks of Redwings and Fieldfares can be

seen. • Hares are reasonably common and both Roe deer and

Muntjac are in abundance.• There are a number of badger setts on the farm.

Suckler Cows are raised for beef. The herd here is a French breed called 'Saler'. This is a hardy and primitive breed of cattle used in France for beef and also producing cheese. These cows have been chosen because the quality of their meat is high, and the calves are born reasonably easily which causes fewer problems for the

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easily which causes fewer problems for the mothers.

Rushall Farm

The land of the farm is well used and the educational purposes look really fun!

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News of church farm By Nic

Church Farm Online Store Coming SoonChurch farm have started to use home deliveryservices and so will bring your veg by transport.Go to church farm and spoil your Mum thisMother's Day with a delicious Church Farm

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Mother's Day with a delicious Church FarmSunday roast lunch.You can bottle feed the lambs, collect anddecorate your own eggs, make egg baskets andgo on an Easter egg hunt. You can also enjoy adelicious Easter Sunday.

News of bury farm

The farm is in Herefordshire. What they are doing ishiring out the buildings, for meetings, talks, parties…various kinds of things for making more money inaddition to traditional farming. In the bakery theyproduce cakes, biscuits tarts which are available to the

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produce cakes, biscuits tarts which are available to thepublic in the shop.

The Infinity Foods Project by Thomas

• The Infinity Foods Project is a Sussex-wide project that encourages people to buy allotments and grow organic food. They have ‘Seedy Sunday’ when people who have allotments and grow seeds share their seeds

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allotments and grow seeds share their seeds with others(like a big inter-market). They display encouraging posters all around Brighton for people to stop buying in supermarkets so much and growing their own food.

Ways you can make a difference

• -Grow your own food: buy an allotment and share your products with the rest of the community.-Donate some of your crops: Friday was Red Nose Day. Although this way of donating isn’t weird and wacky, it’s effective and it does save

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weird and wacky, it’s effective and it does save lives. -Support organic food: Organic food is very rare in supermarkets. But if you grow your own, your produce is almost always organic! Simple organic food for free. Can you think of a better way?

Oink Oink! By Warren

• In Darwin farm (Cambridge) Harry, Gorge and Porky are the new pigs helping. People with learning disabilitys. They are helping by “giving someone something to look after” as one man claims he says it helps to teach

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one man claims he says it helps to teach them to care for something

• The three little pigs have been hogging the attention of workers at a project to help people with mental health difficulties.

• People visiting the farm seem delighted with the farm and think it’s a great Idea

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farm and think it’s a great Idea • And think its good because they are helping the

people with not only helping to teach them to care but also because they feel important and also feel happy because they have a real job

Alternative projects protect the environment, these different ways of farming have took effect world wide for transforming lives and helping family's with

By Will

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for transforming lives and helping family's with problems with growing the crops, being self efficient is essential for the future and is also very useful on the money side of things.

There is a project near me.

These projects, such as the one near me, they make use of the woodland around them and use it to help even successful farms in the country.

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