Category: News

Many congratulations to long-standing organic grower Iain Tolhurst who has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list with the award of Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to agriculture.

On 4 July in Shropshire, the National Organic Conference (NOC) 2023, run by Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G), will let visitors see organic food and farming in action and showcase what the sector delivers for the organic market and the environment, domestically and on a global scale.

A strong field of nominees for this year’s award has been whittled down to three finalists. 

AGROMIX project survey. Agroforestry experts needed to gather insights on climate change resilience in agroforestry systems.

A new collaborative study published in the Journal PNAS finds that agricultural intensification, in particular pesticides and fertiliser use, is the main pressure for most bird population declines, especially for invertebrate feeders.

Italian organic/biodynamic farming student seeks work experience on UK farm.

The Farmer Network have recently been awarded funding from the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund to develop a new Northumberland Farmer Network over the next 5 years. They are now advertising for the role of Project Manager/Coordinator

A huge thank you to Tim Bennett who steps down as Chair of ORC’s Council of Management. He will be succeeded by Donald Peck.

From 20-27 April ORC is taking part in the Green Match Fund Campaign 2023, organised by the Big Give – the UK’s biggest online match funding platform, to raise funds to further this work. During the campaign week any money raised up to £10,000 will be doubled. 

We are delighted to have been chosen again this year as one of the benefitting charities of the Green Match Fund Campaign.