The schools to be targeted are:
Robert Bakewell Primary School, Barsby Drive; Cobden Primary School, Hume Street; Loughborough Primary School, William Street; Saint Mary's Primary School, Hastings Street; Ashmount School, Thorpe Hill; Thorpe Acre Junior School, Alan Moss Road; Booth Wood Primary School, Old Ashby Road; Charnwood College, Thorpe Hill; and De Lisle Catholic School, Thorpe Hill.
One of the pioneers was
Robert Bakewell (1725-1795), of Dishley Grange, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, whose new breeds of animals were capable of producing double the amount of meat in half the time.
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Robert Bakewell B Joan Bakewell C Thomas Bakewell D Rachel Bakewell
In the 18th century, a British sheep farmer named
Robert Bakewell set out to improve his flocks by controlling their mating activities.
A farmer called
Robert Bakewell made the Longhorn breed very popular towards the end of the 18th Century.
Later, author Stanley Weyman, who lived at Llanrhydd Hall from 898 to 1928, put up 18th century style Grade II listed wrought iron gates, reputedly made by
Robert Bakewell.
WINNERS: Cllr Ken Taylor (second from right) presents the awards to (from left) Lucy Carlton, aged 19, a student at Coventry University, Woodway Park school pupil Justin Melia, aged 13, Prince's Trust volunteer Craig Wright, Rajan Seni, aged nine, of Stoke Youth Club and Barrs Hill school pupil
Robert Bakewell, aged 16.
Robert Bakewell's two most famous animals were Twopenny and Shakespeare, bulls of enormous bulk from which he bred many fatstock bullocks.
Harriet Ritvo's essay on
Robert Bakewell and his success in sheepbreeding in eighteenth century England considers how he controlled his rights to his genetic discoveries.