NFU Education has taken British Science Week by storm, bringing food and farming into 3,829 classrooms for 255,000 pupils with this year’s Science Farm Live lessons.
Exploring farming-themed questions
Following British Science Week’s theme of ‘Curiosity: What’s your question?’, children in Key Stage 1 explored four farming-themed questions with the help of a variety of role models from across the farming, food and agri-tech sectors.
Children learnt how cows and cow poo support the landscape, how farmers monitor and support biodiversity, the many jobs a tractor does, and how sheepdogs are trained, showcasing the everyday science and technology behind modern farming.
Meanwhile, Key Stage 2 children explored ‘how science turns fields into feasts’, learning about sugar production, robotic dairy farming, the value of city farms and beekeeping. Children saw how farmers, chefs, and scientists all work together to create and celebrate festivals like Eid al‑Fitr.
“Whether you’re from a London borough or the Yorkshire Dales, if you’re passionate about food and farming, there is always a place for you in our incredible sector."
NFU Vice-president Robyn Munt
Special guests
The live lessons featured inspiring voices from right across the food and farming sector, including:
- Muhsen Hassanin, the founder of Harmony Farm in Wales.
- Arooj Jamil “Rooji the Foodie”, a recipe creator, food teacher and influencer.
- Luke Abblitt, a tenant farmer in Cambridgeshire.
- Salma Attan, a beekeeper in London.
- Chaz Rudd, a tomato grower in Cheshire.
- Sophie Constant, an ecologist in Bristol.
Inspiring the next generation
Since the NFU’s live lessons started five years ago, they have brought STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) to life for more than two million young children. Not only has this helped them understand how their food goes from field to fork, but they have also provided a valuable opportunity to inspire the next generation of farmers and consumers.
NFU Vice-president Robyn Munt said: “From the milk in their cereal and chicken in their school lunches, to the peas in their weeknight dinners, NFU Education’s live lessons give children an unrivalled sneak peek into the passion, hard work and science behind food’s journey from our fields to their forks.
“I am particularly proud that our live lessons are proactively representing the UK’s diverse communities. By giving children the chance to hear from British farmers and growers from such a wide range of backgrounds, children can see a future for themselves in the British food and farming sector.
St Andrew's Catholic Primary School's X post about NFU Education's British Science Week live lessons 2026.
“Whether you’re from a London borough or the Yorkshire Dales, if you’re passionate about food and farming, there is always a place for you in our incredible sector.”
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What did teachers think?
The feedback from teachers was overwhelmingly positive. One teacher noted that they were “blown away by the quality of the resources and the whole live sessions. As a teacher, it was incredible to be able to use such well thought out resources”.
Another highlighted the value of the programme, stressing that “it is really important that the vital work of farmers is shown, discussed and taught to young children”.
One teacher shared how engaged their pupils had been, saying, “all the children enjoyed the lesson and were very enthusiastic about all the different jobs on a farm”.
