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Celebrating 50 years of growing, learning and thriving on our farms!

This week marks a very special milestone for Farms for City Children – 50 years since our very first school arrived at Nethercott House. What started as our founders Clare and Michael Morpurgo’s powerful vision to give children the chance...
Celebrating 50 years of growing, learning and thriving on our farms!
  • 11/03/2026

    50 voices: A life path found on the farm

    The lasting impact of a week on the farm We know that the week children spend with us at one of our farms has a lasting impact, we hear it from teachers, we see it in return trips, but the…

  • 05/03/2026

    50 voices: Growing food, growing curiosity

    Through feeding livestock, planting, harvesting and preparing meals, children build a lasting connection to food, farming and nature. Tim Rose, our Head of Operations reflects on why our founding principles still guide us today.  50 years of hands-on farming education  We have been farming now for…

  • 25/02/2026

    50 voices: Cool chickens and pig maths!

    Did you know that community youth groups can also visit our farms? We spoke to young people and leaders from a Liverpool-based youth hub who were one of the groups who did just that last summer! Watch this video to…

  • 10/02/2026

    50 voices: This is our place

    This year, Place2Be’s theme for Children’s Mental Health Week is ‘This is My Place’, aimed at supporting the systems around children and young people that help them feel they belong. In this piece, part of our 50 voices series, our…

  • 26/01/2026

    Celebrating 50 years of growing, learning and thriving on our farms!

    This week marks a very special milestone for Farms for City Children – 50 years since our very first school arrived at Nethercott House. What started as our founders Clare and Michael Morpurgo’s powerful vision to give children the chance…

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