[Tagging] farm schools?

Tue Sep 5 14:31:13 UTC 2017

      From: Tom Pfeifer <t.pfeifer at computer.org>
 To: tagging at openstreetmap.org 
 Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017, 22:56
 Subject: Re: [Tagging] farm schools?

On 04.09.2017 22:01, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>> On 4. Sep 2017, at 21:45, José G Moya Y. <josemoya at gmail.com> wrote:
>> In Spanish it is farm_school.
> in italian it's "fattoria didattica" (didactic farm), in German there are different terms in use, e.g. Jugendfarm, Kinderbauernhof.

Hm, in Berlin we have some tagged as

landuse=farmyard + tourism=zoo + zoo=petting_zoo and some description.
This tagging style would have a focus on farm animals (vs. growing plants)

zoo=petting_zoo is currently defined as "Small zoo or garden for kids to touch and play with animals"

tom

Some are certainly small petting zoo type places (there used to be a tiny one at Bidmi, Oberhasli, CH used to entertain kids after skiiing lessons).
I'm not sure to what extent there are any working farms taking school visits as there were in my childhood. The places which seem closest in Nottinghamshire are the following:

   - White Post Farm. Originated as a petting zoo type place, but has been a fully fledged themed attraction for small kids for at least 20 years.   

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OpenStreetMap | Way: ‪White Post Farm‬ (‪333264517‬)
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   - Floralands Farm Park. Adjunct to a large garden centre.   

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OpenStreetMap | Way: ‪Floralands Farm Park‬ (‪53513306‬)
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   - Ferry Farm Park. I've just added more detail to this one.
   - Manor Farm, East Leake. (I have a feeling that was the one I went to back in 196x).   

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OpenStreetMap | Way: ‪Manor Farm & Woodlands‬ (‪383289850‬)
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OpenStreetMap | Way: ‪Ferry Farm Country Park‬ (‪488431410‬)
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   - Stonebridge City Farm. This is located within an inner-city area, and is owned and run by the local council. It is meant to be both an education and leisure facility. Just mapped as attraction with farmland. I think there are other "city farms" in the UK, which could perhaps be tagged explicitly.   

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OpenStreetMap | Way: ‪Stonebridge City Farm‬ (‪30802891‬)
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Many are tagged either tourism=attraction and attraction=farm_park or tourism=farm_park. Most are also tagged with farmland and/or farmyard landuse. Farm Park does seem to be the current favoured term for these, at least in this part of England. However, note that none of these is a working farm anymore: they are attractions with farm animals in a semi-zoo format along with various play facilities (pedal go-karts, soft-play and adventure playgrounds). If 'farm schools' elsewhere are an ancillary feature of working farms then I think the farm_park tag doesn't fit. City farms and the small petting 'zoo' farm features are different again.
Hope these additional data points are useful (and also that this email gets formatted properly: will repost if not),
Jerry

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