How Sally plans to transform farm education for kids

How Sally plans to transform farm education for kids

The Country looks back at some of the biggest and best stories of the past 12 months, including readers’ favourites, news events and those yarns that gave us...

Kids a bit wound up? Take them to Calm the Farm

Amie McKay with her daughter Claire and personality-plus duck, Quack, at Calm the Farm in Albion Park. Photo: Zoe Cartwright. Amie McKay knows the therapeutic power of animals. Her daughter, Claire, lives with a disability, and was mute for some time as a child. All that changed when she engaged in animal therapy. Now in her 20s, Claire thrives hanging out with her family’s assortment of rescued chooks, ducks, lambs and goats – plus a horse and …