John Whitby, Rowley Farm

A visit to Rowley Farm on Open Farm Sunday (12th June) offers a great opportunity to discover more about the story behind your food and so much more. Run by the Whitby family, Rowley Farm which also a member of LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), the organisers of Open Farm Sunday. LEAF is a registered charity that assists farmers and producers, to manage their farms as efficiently and sustainably as possible which as a result, helps them to produce good food with environmental care. Open Farm Sunday also helps strengthen local communities as farmers and local organisations and businesses come together to help the public have a fun and informative day.

The Open Farm Sunday event at Rowley Farm is a great example of communities working together. Supporting the family and their team on the day, amongst others, will be Colne Valley Foods which works in partnership with Groundwork Thames Valley to enable farmers to supply locally produced food to the local community in and around the Colne Valley Park. Colne Valley Foods recently received a grant from BAA (British Airports Authority) to help with activities like this. There will be an opportunity to try and buy some of the local produce including meat, vegetables, ice cream, preserves and rapeseed oil and talk to the people that make the food too. This event also offers a great opportunity to see a Jersey herd close up, there will be young calves and a chance to see the cows being milked.

Although Rowley Farm is very close to Slough and Heathrow Airport, it is an outstanding example of how farmers care not only about the food they produce, which in the case of Rowley Farm is milk and cereals – but the countryside and wildlife too. Visitors will be able to take a tractor and trailer ride to see for themselves the sustainable methods the family uses to ensure their farm produces both good food and a thriving environment for wildlife. During the afternoon there will also be an opportunity to see the 200 Jersey cows being milked. This is a popular event so please try and come as early in the day as you can!

Contact details: Rowley Farm, Black Park Road, Wrexham, Slough SL3 6DR
Tel: 01753 521856

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For further information contact:
David Gough or Laura Bates
Open Farm Sunday Press Office   
T: 01189 475956 M : 07884 353 474  
E: david.gough@ceres-pr.co.uk / laura.bates@ceres-pr.co.uk