Hundreds of farms around the country will be opening their gates this Sunday, June 12, including two Wirral farms.

The event – Open Farm Sunday - offers the public a great way to discover more about farmers, the countryside and how our food is produced.

Open Farm Sunday allows people to learn about life on Britain's farms, helping to answer questions like: Where does my food really come from? What technology is used on a modern farm? How do farmers play a vital role in caring for the countryside?

Church Farm in Thurstaston and Claremont Farm in Bebington are both taking part.

Families will get the chance to go on tractor rides, take part in farm walks and nature trails and may get the chance to see sheep being sheared, cows being milked or chicks hatching!

In this video, TV’s Adam Henson from BBC1’s Countryfile teaches us about the work that goes on to help look after the countryside and explains how the food on our plates gets there.

The countryside is full of amazing hidden facts:

• Farmers manage 75% of the total land area of the UK – nearly 20 million hectares - or 40 million football pitches - and more than 85% of the countryside

• There are 500,000km of hedgerows in England and Wales – that’s enough to go 12 times round the earth

• The average farmer spends almost 100 hours every year managing hedgerows. Hedges and beetle banks are important for bat navigation. Bats cannot navigate over featureless areas so by using hedges and beetle banks they can find their homes and food more easily.

• Bees are vital for food production – introducing bee colonies to orchards can increase fruit yield by around 50-80%

• In Britain, one farmer manages an area of crops about the size of a town, but with an army of helpers

• Just one teaspoon of soil contains millions of organisms, such as fungi and bacteria that help feed plants.