OPEN FARM
SUNDAY 2009
See our open day on YOU Tube. One of our visitors has made this
short film.
We had a fantastic day, the weather was good, the rain stopped
15 minutes before we started.
We'd like to thank all our staff and helpers and the visitors
for making it such a great day for everyone. See you all next
year - Sunday 13th June 2010! Photographs of the day and of the
farm in general will be added to our new gallery shortly. If you have
any good pictures from Sunday that you'd like to share then do please
email them to us, thank you.
COMMENTS WE HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT THE
DAY:
Our family visit to Offley Hoo Farm near Hitchin
was brilliant. My ten year old daughter really loved all the baby
animals and was enthralled by the explanations of the crops and the
green initiatives. It was so well organised and friendly and a great day
out as well as being informative and educational. Well done everyone at
the farm for making us so welcome. Thank you!
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It was so nice to meet you and look round your
farm. My husband and I had a lovely afternoon
and were very impressed with your farm and the way the animals looked
so healthy and content. I am going to have a go a making butter you have
inspired me. I am giving out leaflets to my family and I hope the take
up the offer.
There can't be many people who can say they know
exactly both the place that their food comes from and the people who
produce it. We are very fortunate.
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I just wanted to say many thanks for opening your farm
yesterday and what a splendid day we had. My son was in his
element being so close to all the farm machinery. I was very interested
in your meat and have had a look at you website and will be in contact
soon to place an order (need to empty my freezer a little
first!)
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We had a great time on Sunday. We found out about
your event through the Open Farm Sunday web site. Thanks for an
enjoyable day – even the weather cleared up for the event, very well
organised!
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We bought some lamb from you a while back, are on your mailing
list but my husband had never been to your farm to see where it all came
from. We came along today with our 3 year old daughter intending just
to pop in - we left 3 hours later having had a fantastic time.
Your animals were great - what beautiful piglets and what perfect
timing!!, Molly loved 'milking the cow', the colouring activity in the
back of your 1st grain store was so simple and so perfect that it
allowed us time to buy lunch withot having a 3 year old swinging on our
arms. We had a great lunch with musical entertainment which again kept
the daughter happy with space for dancing - even outside in the puddles!
We didn't manage to do a farm walk though - I'm heavily pregnant and
felt that we would save this until next year! The field of tractors and
other farm machinery was great - how could a father and his 3 year old
not get excited here?!! We will be in touch in a couple of
weeks after our baby is born to order some more meat. Thank you for all
the work you put in to the day. There was a really friendly atmosphere,
all your helpers were lovely and smiley - thank you for a lovely day
out.
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Thank you so much for this afternoon! We
visited the open farm day and had a wonderful time. Your
staff were so keen to pass on knowledge to us and we found the whole day
so educational and interesting. We particularly enjoyed the
butter making and we are going to have a go at this ourselves.
On the way out we purchased some of your beef burgers which we have
just had on a barbeque. My husband said that they were
absolutely the best burgers that he had ever tasted!! Thank
you again for all of your time and effort which we know would have gone
into organizing a day like today. We would all like to convey a very big
thank you to you both and all of your staff and helpers.
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We had a fantastic day out at Offley Hoo farm near
Hitchin in Hertfordshire. They put a lot of thought and effort into
their day and made it really welcoming for all of us - heavily pregnant
woman, my husband and our lively 3 year old daughter. They seemed to
have got half the village to help with their day to make it run really
smoothly. We bought some great lamb from them a while back but we'll be
definitely back for more as it's great meat and also they made such an
effort to make the day a success, we'll definitely be supporting their
business too. Our 3rd farm sunday in 3 years and this was by far the
best - thank you!
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We would like to thank Offley Hoo Farm in Offley
Hertfordshire for a wonderful day!
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I just wanted to drop you an email to say
congratulations. I took my 2 year old nephew to the Open Farm at Offley
Hoo near Hitchin, Herts yesterday and we had fantastic day. He was so
excited that he was unable to stand still whilst he was waiting to sit
in the combine harvester and tractor. He also really enjoyed seeing all
the animals, particularly the 3 day old piglets.
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Congratulations on a superb open farm Sunday at
Offley Hoo Farm, I know how much effort goes into staging such events
even if you do have support and help from other participants.
The planning, organisation, publicity and not to mention anxiety that
all start many months before- hand take a lot of effort over and above
the normal day job. Living in Hitchin and appreciating the rural views
from the town out towards Great Offley we were very interested to attend
your farm walk on the evening of Tuesday 19th May. It was
quite a revelation to find out the type of farming and countryside care
being practiced on our doorstep. The return of many fields to their
original chalk down grassland together with the low input more
sustainable slow rearing of native breeds of livestock was a surprise to
us.
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Visited Offley Hoo - saw how healthy and content
the animals appeared, met the farmers who produce the meat we buy
directly - learned how to make butter – lovely afternoon!
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