Doing the job properly
Doing the job properly is a new publication from The Organic Research Centre
Global rethink on biofuels
Global rethink on biofuels urged by FAO chief
The challenge of cutting energy use on organic farms
It’s all rather circular – farms both produce and consume energy. Much recent attention has been focused on farm-sourced biofuels, but a recent Soil Association conference reminded us that farms themselves are major energy consumers.
GM crop policy farce
Defra stalls on coexistence policy for GM crops
How processed do you want your organic food?
Should processing and additives be applied to organic foods?
Sheep Scab Defeats Organic Production?
An animal health crisis is threatening the future viability of organic sheep production in the UK.
Black stem rust of wheat: a re-awakening nightmare?
Back in eighteenth century Europe, a man called Tozzetti noted that black stem rust disease of wheat was worse in fields where barberry…
A Sense of Public Duty
A Sense of Public Duty – Thoughts on Compensation for Bernard Matthews
Passing the taste test
Baking guru Andrew Whitley with some rather special bread in his kitchen…
Let's stop bleating about the bushes
As climate change starts to bite, the advantages of agroforestry become increasingly obvious
A licence to pollute and profit
Carbon emissions aren’t going down, industries aren’t switching to clean energy technology
2007 OAS
Organic Advisory Service Information
“Organocrats” deliver another false dawn
After several false dawns the new EU Regulation
MEPs vote on GM coexistence
The recent vote in the European Parliament for a maximum GM contamination level in EU organic products of 0.1% should be welcomed as a success…
How much organic land in Europe
How much organic land in Europe
...but not organic carrots
Try something new today, says Sainsbury’s – but not organic carrots
Farm animal superbug worries
MRSA superbug threat to human health from infected farm animals