NFU Education

Our team of former teachers create curriculum-linked educational resources to help children learn about British food and farming.

We are proud to bring the farm to the classroom through our projects which include Farmvention, Farming STEMterprise, Farmers for Schools and Science Farm LIVE lessons.

Find out more on our dedicated NFU Education website.

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Year 9 students build electronics at LAMMA

AgriFuture Scholarship – applications open

Children in front of the education centre at Goodwood Education Trust

Lessons on the land at Goodwood

NFU East

Science farm live grapic featuring farm workers, vets, cows, sheep and pigs

NFU's British Science Week live lessons inspire almost half a million children

A farmers for schools intro video

Sign up to be an NFU Farmers for Schools ambassador

An image of Joshua Payne, Mallika Basu, Navaratnam Partheeban, Rachel Hallos, Kulvinder Johal and Jennie Devine at the launch of the Agrifuture Scholarship Programme.

NFU launches groundbreaking AgriFuture Scholarship Programme

Children look at agricultural technology at LAMMA

NFU Education brings farming to life for students at LAMMA 2025

Two children, stood with David Barton and a sheep

Hundreds of London schoolchildren get their first taste of farming life

NFU East NFU South

Children walking on a farm with a farmer

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Consultation

National curriculum review – NFU outlines 15 key recommendations

Closed 15 November 2024

Apprentice Aaron Copeland in a glasshouse

New horticulture apprenticeship scheme is piloted

NFU East

Anna Bowen with her award

Farmers for Schools ambassador honoured with Dairy Industry Woman of the Year Award

Harvest carnival graphic

More than 98,000 schoolchildren celebrate Harvest Carnival with NFU Education

A Farmers for Schools ambassador delivering an assembly to a group of primary school children.

More than one million children learn about British food and farming

Children at an NFU education talk wearing high-vis vests

NFU Education initiatives boosted with NFU Mutual Charitable Trust donation

A group of primary school children grouped around a farmer in a housing shed

AHDB's school farm visit support programme

A group of seconary age children having a lesson on soil at Cereals2024. The children are gathered around while an expert talks.

Farming industry opens up to students attending Cereals

Hannah Hetherington and Tom Martin in a field

Farmer story

Promoting careers in farming to the next generation

NFU East

Farmers for Schools ambassador and dairy farmer Jane speaking in front of a classroom of school children.

NFU Education reaches half a million schoolchildren this year

A photo of children at Lancashire Farm Education Centre.

Consultation

EFRA inquiry on agricultural education and careers – NFU response

Closed 3 November 2023

Akshata Murty with a young boy wearing an NFU apron looking at a table of food

NFU Education sparks passion for farming at No. 10

A behind the scenes look at NFU Education's Harvest Thali live lesson.

NFU harvest live lesson teaches over 108,000 students

A farmers for schools ambassador presenting in front of a class of primary school age children.

A glowing report card for NFU's Farmers for Schools programme

A photo of a child posing with a camel.

Farmer story

How do you milk a chicken?

An image of PIP participant and Lincolnshire farmer Ivory Arden

Farmer story

Farmers for Schools – telling the story of British farming

A picture portraying a female farmer speaking to a child about farming

Farmvention – get involved with our new challenge