HRH visit sows seeds with businesses
I was delighted with the outcome of our 'Seeing is Believing' day in the West Midlands with our Patron, HRH The Prince of Wales. We brought together a group of business leaders from companies including JCB, Jaguar, McDonalds, Sodexo, Musgrave with leaders from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, NFU, Federation of City Farms, LANDEX and FACE for a day examining the various ways of giving children the opportunity to understand about where their food comes from. The day was led on our behalf by Guy McCracken, Chief Executive of Co-Operative Retail with Sir Don Curry chairing a lunchtime session with the Prince. The day was split between visits to Garden Organic at Ryton, Coventry City Farm and Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School in Coventry. Most of the organisations present were prepared to offer support, especially in-kind, to schools in support of this agenda. Follow ups are now taking place to ensure they do!