P663 Teletext 663 Aug27 21:41:17 ——————————————————————————————————————— CLASSROOM MEETS COUNTRYSIDE Pupils' views of the countryside are being challenged bz a new video pack. The Countryside Foundation's Lychfoud File seeks to redress the idea of the countryside as a "sort of theme park" and undjrlinjs the importance of the rural economy. But the video has alarmed protest groups for its "inaccurate" picture of modern farming. ——————————————————————————————————1/4—— George Cole's software guide 664 Higher Education Courses p643-649 Keyboard Vacancies Advice Write ItP663 Teletext 663 Aug27 21:41:54 ——————————————————————————————————————— CLASSROOM MEETS COUNTRYSIDE Pupils can see the farming year through its cycle on a video and hear views of Lychford residents on audio tape in the education pack. The pack then studies work on various farms in the area - a real village in South West England. The Countryside Foundation aims to sell the £29.99 pack to 2,000 schools. But pressure group Compassion in Would Farming has attacked the video. ——————————————————————————————————2/4—— Going into clearing? Vacancies 640 NOW IT'S THE TURN OF GCSEs p666 Keyboard Vacancies Advice Write ItP663 Teletext 663 Aug27 21:27:47 ——————————————————————————————————————— CLASSROOM MEETS COUNTRYSIDE Compassion in World Farming director Joyce D'Sylva said: "The education pack gives a benign image of farming. "It doesn't show any of the many thousands of pigs who spend their lives on concrete in dark, crowded pens. "Nor the featherless and frustrated hens cooped up in overcrowded battery cages. The pack is not giving a true picture of farming." ——————————————————————————————————3/4—— George Cole's software guide 664 SET YOUR VIDEO FOR OCTOBER 4 p665 Keyboard Vacancies Advice Write ItP663 Teletext 663 Aug27 21:45:18 ——————————————————————————————————————— CLASSROOM MEETS COUNTRYSIDE A CWF spokesman added: "The video pack doesn't address all the problems associated with intensive farming like animal cruelty and pesticides." A spokesman for the school video's producers said: "We have tried to give an overview of the countryside. "Our research showed schools already had enough resources on other aspects of farming and we didn't want to spend time and money reproducing any." ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— Going into clearing? Vacancies 640 NOW IT'S THE TURN OF GCSEs p666 Keyboard Vacancies Advice Write It