Community Engagement with Farming

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 3:02 pm on 30 November 2022.

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Photo of Natasha Asghar Natasha Asghar Conservative 3:02, 30 November 2022

Minister, the global beef industry has enjoyed a series of anti-meat campaigns recently from various sources, making serious claims about environmental damage, animal welfare problems and health issues. Beef farming in Wales has suffered as a result. I appreciate my colleague's question to you earlier, but one of the ways to counter this misinformation would be to, obviously, as you mentioned and he mentioned, encourage school pupils to visit farms. I would like to focus a bit more on children from special needs schools, as well as those people from more of a vulnerable background, to be able to go and see where their food comes from, and they can learn about sustainability and the importance of farming to the environment. So, I'd like to know, Minister, what discussions have you had with farming organisations, the Minister for education and other potential Ministers in the Welsh Parliament, to encourage more young people, people from disabled backgrounds, ethnic minorities, as well as those from, perhaps, disadvantaged backgrounds to be able to go and see where their food actually comes from. Thank you.