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Modernise food education to improve food security, Government told

With the curriculum under review for the first time in over a decade, the NFU is calling on the Government to improve the quality of how food and farming is taught in schools

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Modernise food education to improve food security, Government told

The NFU is urging ministers to update subject content to better reflect the realities of modern farming and food production, particularly within STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects...

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