Harvest LIVE 2022 The World’s Biggest Harvest Festival

More than 135,000 students received a first-hand experience of harvest time as part of the UK’s biggest harvest festival, as the NFU Education team took them behind the scenes of one of farming’s biggest annual events.

Harvest LIVE, an initiative from the NFU's education team, returned on 29 and 30 September 2022.

Almost 1,800 primary schools taking part, the free virtual lessons will allow teachers to talk to primary school children about food production, seasonality and how farmers are using science and technology to take on the climate change challenge, all linking in with the school curriculum through STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).

After the success of Harvest LIVE! 2021, we invite you to join us again for two new, free and engaging, curriculum-aligned live lessons from NFU Education and hi-impact consultancy.

Each lesson will take your learners on an adventure through the countryside to explore the fascinating journey their food takes to reach their plates and meet the people responsible for producing it.

Do your students know how porridge is made? Or where carrots comes from? In these interactive live lessons, we will take pupils behind the scenes of real British farms and use the amazing world of farming and food production to deliver key STEM curriculum objectives.

Key Stage 1 learners are invited to meet farmer Hannah, learn all about what happens during a cereals harvest and join children from around the globe to make the world’s biggest combine harvester!

And Key Stage 2 children will be stepping into the wonderful world of carrots to discover how they are grown, processed, and packed. They will take part in a nationwide science investigation and take an exclusive trip to Louise the scientist’s research field to develop their working scientifically skills and learn how farmers are using cutting-edge science and technology to fight climate change.

Both lessons include downloadable curriculum-linked teaching resources to use before, during and after the live lessons and there will be lots of opportunities for children to interact with expert speakers.

NFU President Minette Batters said: “It’s fantastic to see such a large number of schools and children with a keen appetite to learn more about where their food comes from and connecting them with the countryside; our farmed working landscape.

“Being able to show in the classroom how innovative, diverse and exciting an industry agriculture is in such a practical way gives students an amazing insight and could inspire them to think about a career in food and farming in the future.”

www.nfuonline.com/livestream.co.uk/harvest-live-2022/