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Farmers urged to capitalise on organic’s potential

Delegates at the UK’s largest organic conference, OF&G’s National Organic Combinable Crops (NOCC) heard how market opportunity, and increased recognition of organic’s benefits, should encourage increases in organic agricultural land area.

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“ I 💚 my soil” - Groundswell 2022 lived up to its motto

Loving soil wasn’t just this year’s Groundswell slogan, it was the topic, in depth and from the ground up, in practice and in theory, in detail, from a global and from a bird’s eye perspective. Marianne Landzettel blogs for ORC.

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ORC at Groundswell 2022

Watch videos of sessions with ORC involvement at Groundswell – The regenerative agriculture show and conference- held in Hertfordshire June 22nd 2022

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Positive Food Futures

Positive Food Futures is an exciting new programme from the Eden Project for young adults who have a keen interest in the future of food and farming, and how we can make these systems more…
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ORC says farewell to Dominic Amos

On the first of July we say goodbye to Senior Crops Researcher Dominic Amos after six and a half years at ORC.

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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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ORC Bulletin 136 on its way!

The Summer issue of the ORC Bulletin (136) has mailed out! The Spring 2022 issue (No.135) is now available for free download.

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BIOFACH 2022

BIOFACH – the World´s leading trade fair for organic food is back! The organic trade meets at the organic exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany and online from 26 – 29 July 2022.

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Innovative Farmers network day 2022

Come celebrate 10 years of making on-farm research a reality After a decade of hard work, the Innovative Farmers network has changed the face of agricultural innovation in the UK. Together with the support of…
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UK Government's Food Strategy published

Defra’s Food Strategy White Paper fails to acknowledge or address the breadth of issues facing the food system

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