Category: Research

The Organic Research Centre’s Participatory Research & Demonstration Network was launched at Abbey Home Farm…

The increasing evidence that organic farming has benefits for biodiversity and the delivery of ecosystem services was under the spotlight at a recent joint meeting of the Organic Research Centre (ORC) and the British Ecological Society (BES).

A handbook about how to successfully communicate the values of organic food has been published by the Farmer Consumer Partnership project.

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The IFOAM EU group has published a new dossier “ORGANIC FOOD AND FARMING: A system approach to meet the sustainability challenge”. ORC’s Susanne Padel and Nic Lampkin” contributed the introduction chapter

In a year which has seen many overwintering sprouting broccoli crops fall victim to harsh winter conditions, the sprouting broccoli field at Wakelyns Agroforestry in Suffolk offers a visual feast: an array of multicoloured plants with an intriguing history. This is a trial which could open new doors for growers.

A study published this month in Environmental Health Perspectives has found lower antibiotic resistance on newly organic farms compared to conventional farms in the US…

We have done it, will you?

ORW secures funds to provide better Organic Business Links

Shop local – save the planet. That’s the retail mantra of many greens and environmentalists. But is it true? It’s a question that researchers at Exeter University set out to answer. Their results, just published …

The five-year, €18 million research programme, part-funded by the EU, on the quality of organic and low input foods has come to a close…

At last…a boost in funding from Defra to help safeguard the nation’s bees…

ORC Elm Farm site refurbishment on track

NON-RUMINANT LIVESTOCK RESEARCHER

The time has come for preventive vaccination of UK outdoor poultry (Jan 2008)

A thoughtful paper on GM science and policy

A look at on-going organic cereals projects

A boost in funding from Defra to help safeguard the nation’s bees and to deliver more research into their health has been announced by the Environment Secretary Hilary Benn

Natural England promotes FREE advice service.

Vaccination against the spread of the Bluetongue virus (BTV-8) appears to be working in England

While farmland bird populations in South East England are generally tumbling (Defra reports a 21 per cent fall from 1994 to 2006) a real bird conservation success has been logged at one leading organic farm.