Summer Field Trip to Whetstone Fruit Farm, Leicestershire.
Saturday 10th July 2010 (11.00am to 4.00pm)
For some years now CRES, in association with JRI and CRuC have run summer field trips around England. These visits have varied from farms to woodlands, from urban to very rural, and we aim to vary our content every year. The visits are run by the CRES distance learning course, but anyone associated with CRES, JRI or CRuC, plus their friends and family will be very welcome. This year we are visiting Anthony & Sandra Herbert at Whetstone Fruit Farm in Leicestershire. Anthony & Sandra are looking forward to our CRES visit, and say. “We run a pick your own fruit enterprise (with tearoom & playbarn) in addition to 600 acres of arable crops. We are in two agri-environmental schemes and have ponds, woods, a brook, and disused railway line. We host a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) scheme called Community Harvest Whetstone – the first vegetable crops should be visible at your visit. We are active further afield - both of us involved with the charity Send a Cow (which includes goats, poultry, bees and sustainable natural agriculture!). Sandra is chair of Leicestershire Food Links – Leading the Field in Local Food, besides being part of the Christian Muslim Forum. We will give you a warm welcome, a stimulating day, some fresh air – and the chance to pick very tasty strawberries!”
The cost per person is £10 for the day, including a £2.50 donation to Send a Cow. Spaces on this wonderful field trip are limited to the first 25 people who book in, so book now or risk being disappointed! Download the information and booking form