Have some farmtastic fun!
LEAF’s Open Farm Sunday has teamed up with Shaun the Sheep and Let nature feed your senses to ensure everyone can have some farmtastic fun!
Discover for yourself what farmers really do and visit a farm on Open Farm Sunday 12th June - use the ‘Find a Farm’ feature for details of which farms are opening near you.
BUT before you get down on a farm...
Watch some hilarious videos of Shaun and his friends engaging their senses on the Let nature feed your senses website. You’ll also find there a range of activities you can do at home to explore your senses, food, nature and the environment.
Competition to be a VIP farmer for the day
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be a farmer for a day, then enter Shaun the Sheep's VIP farmer competition to find out!
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Farmtastic farming facts…
• Britain has the largest sheep flock in Europe, with 36 million ewes
• During lambing (January until June) a lamb is born every two seconds on a British farm, while a human baby is born in Britain every 44 seconds
• If all the hedgerows in the UK were placed end-to-end, it would be more than enough to cover the distance between Earth and the Moon
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Farmtastic facts about Shaun…
• Characters in Shaun the Sheep move 25 times per second
• Animators have to reset scenes 1,500 times for just one minute of footage
• They bag an average of seven seconds of footage a day
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