The many initiatives underway to help children learn about agriculture and food

Spending school holidays on her grandparents' dairy farm in country Victoria meant Amanda Newton was a city girl who knew exactly where her milk came from. Like many, the Melbourne accountant was dismayed to hear tales of today's children being so ignorant of rural life they couldn't link their babycino with the cow. So, when she became a mother, she did something about it. Last year, she and husband Bruce gathered up their children Hayley (3) and Callum (1) and headed inland for Farm Day, a program connecting city dwellers with country cousins. The family's weekend with a lamb producer near...