THE NATIONAL Farmers’ Union’s annually updated Friendly Farm Fundays directory lists more than 80 open farms in England and Wales, where school groups can watch cows being milked, sheep being sheared, go on tractor rides, talk to farmers about farm life and much more. Information available from: Alva Hendrie, NFU Public Affairs, 164 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8HL, tel: 0171 331 7430.
