Leading poultry producer Moy Park is continuing its support for Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend as the free initiative gears up for a back on farms event this month.
For the first year since 2019 the event, which is organised by the Ulster Farmer’s Union will be live and 17 farms will be open to schools on Friday 17 June and the public on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 June.
All sectors within the agri-industry are included in Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend this year including arable, fruit and vegetable, dairy, beef, sheep, pigs and poultry– the latter being represented by Millbank Farm in Killinchy, who supplies Moy Park with fresh broiler chickens.
Aaron McKenna, Moy Park’s head of customer support, agriculture said, “Moy park has a fantastic agricultural heritage that goes back 75+ years and we think our continued sponsorship of Open Farm Weekend really speaks to that. The event offers the perfect opportunity to engage the general public in all that we do across primary agriculture. We hope they take the chance to come out on farm and engage with primary agriculture and support their local farmers and see how they put food on our table every single day.”
During Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend, Millbank Farm (pictured) will be open on Saturday 18 June from 10.00am to 4.00pm and Sunday 19 June 12.00pm to 5.00pm and will have a host of activities for all the family including local suppliers, farm animals and tasty treats.
David Brown, president of the Ulster Farmers’ Union who run the event added, “This initiative was established to showcase our farming industry and the wonderful work our farmers do. Its focus is to help the public, particularly those from a non-farming background to better understand how our food is produced and to raise awareness of how supply chains work, through our local food industry. Moy Park is a leading poultry producer with a long association to the Northern Ireland agri-industry and we are delighted that they are partnering with us to raise the profile of the event and help celebrate our local farming families.”
