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Cornwall Agroecology Meet-up: Community, diversity and seeds

Local social to bring together people from our local agroecology community; to connect, share ideas and seeds! Building on interest from the Landworkers Alliance Winter Social in December and Kernow Real Farming Conference in January…
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Shimpling Park Farm visit, Suffolk

Shimpling Park Farm is mixed with 650 hectares of arable land and 1,000 New Zealand Romney breeding ewes on Hanslope series chalky boulder clay. They farm an additional 980 hectares under farm management contracts and all the farms are managed organically. They grow…
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Swillington Organic Farm visit

Swillington Organic Farm is a 400-acre organic mixed farm in Leeds, with beef sucklers, sheep, pigs, vegetables and poultry. All of the farm's produce is sold directly to the public through farmers markets, online meat boxes, farmshop and CSA schemes. They also have…
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Including diverse leys in arable rotations

New Practice Abstract written by Katie Bliss and Mark Measures as part of the DiverIMPACTS project. Bliss K, Measures M (2022) Including diverse leys in arable rotations. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6241557 Problem Leguminous leys are a cornerstone…
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The wonders of woodchip

Join Ben Raskin for this webinar to discover how to source, manage and efficiently use woodchip to improve your growing on small-scale farms. About this event Woodchip and mulches are underused tools in small-scale farming…
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Abbey Home Farm visit

Join us for this Your Farming Future farm tour and peer to peer workshop to learn more about economically and environmentally sustainable mixed organic farming. The farm visit will involve a farm tour, lunch, and…
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Pasture-fed production: Findings from the SEEGSLIP project

https://youtu.be/eYOWbze6aIU The SEEGSLIP project sought to evidence the practices of a particular group of farmers, the Pasture-Fed Livestock Association (PFLA) in terms of their social, ecological and economic sustainability. This video explains the project, the…
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ORC Bulletin 135 on its way!

And Bulletin 122 available for free download

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Groundswell 2022

The Regenerative Agriculture Show and Conference The Groundswell event provides a forum for farmers and anyone interested in food production or the environment to learn about the theory and practical applications of Conservation Agriculture or…
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More organic land needed for growing organic market

Soil Association Certification’s Organic Market Report 2022 reveals the UK organic market is now worth a record £3.05 billion after a 5.2% growth in sales in 2021, with shoppers spending almost £60 million on organic…
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