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Previous UK government weakened pesticide safety limits in blow to consumer protection

Between 2022 and 2024 in the UK, safety limits on pesticide residues were weakened for 115 types of produce, says PAN-UK.

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Last call for applications: Organic Research Centre’s Young Organic Farmer/Grower of the Year Award 2024

Nominations for the YOFGY Award are open until 15th March 2024. Apply now!

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Organic arable crop yield survey

Please help us improve the reliability of the Organic Farm Management Handbook data by supplying your arable crop results from last harvest.

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Farewell and thanks to Roger Kerr

We say a heartfelt thanks to Roger Kerr, who has stepped down as an ORC trustee, for all his time and hard work over the last four years and continued support of the ORC. We…
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Organic market delivers strong performance in exceptionally challenging year

UK organic market shows positive and robust growth of 1.6% in 2022 topping £3.1 billion in an unprecedented and challenging year for business and consumers

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Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill

The Genetic Technology Bill threatens our food, our farms and the natural environment. MPs have a chance to change the bill in the House of Commons ‘report stage’ which is scheduled for Monday 31 October.

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EURAF 2022: 6th European Agroforestry Conference

ORC was represented at the Sixth European Agroforestry Conference (EURAF 2022), which took place in Nuoro, Sardinia from 16-20th May 2022

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#AskAScientist Challenge

Join Agromix’s #AskAScientist Challenge to have your questions answered by a panel of expert scientists in an open live-streamed session within EURAF’s 6th European Agroforestry Conference

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A decade of field labs

Now in its 10th year, the Innovative Farmers network is celebrating the success of more than 120 field labs that have placed farmers in the driving seat of agricultural research, with the network connected with…
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ORC highlights from the Oxford Real Farming Conference

Beyond the Farmgate: Exploring Supply Chain Needs for Diverse Agroecological Systems https://youtu.be/YPrsgw3sSoU Oxford Real Farming Conference 2022 discussion with Katie Bliss, Julie Brown, Josiah Meldrum, James Woodward, George Young. Katie Bliss talks on DiverIMPACTS 'Enabling…
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