Opening the doors…

Our Easter event was amazing, we had tons of activities but one of the major attractions was simply the desire to sit in and explore a tractor.  Not only the big ones but the “old fashioned” ones too.  This, along with the excellent accessible “Clarksons farm” has made me think…

I’d love your thoughts on this (and it’s inspired by a recent post by my friend Nell O’Neil), how can we at Stanbridge Farms open our doors to the community and allow others to enjoy not only our beautiful environment but also allow everyone to understand more about what we do as farmers?  How can we breakdown the mystique around farming and respond to the latent desire of the community to understand more?  How can we educate to allow our neighbours and friends to build their own informed opinions on the rural community and our challenges?

At the moment I’m writing this blog (occasionally) and enabling others to find it with distributed QR codes around the farm.  We’re advertising our services and events on Facebook etc (with frustrating feedback as it doesn’t seem to get the local coverage we want) and we’ve always tried to talk openly to anyone interested.  I can continue but I’m also wondering if there is anything more powerful/useful that can be done?  (I’m also aware that I have a brewery, taproom and campsite on site.  I wonder if they could help?).

Really interested in your suggestions and what you might like to know more about!

Cheers

Mike