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Don’t be so British!

We have extended the YOFGY application deadline to 10th May 2024. Apply or nominate someone now!

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Newly formed UK ORGANIC to spearhead revival of the sector

At its first annual conference, UK ORGANIC (formerly Organic Trade Board / OTB) set out its ambition to unite representatives across the supply chain to reenergise the organic sector and arrest the current volume decline the industry has been experiencing.

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Tree hay – using trees as livestock fodder

This Agroecology: strengthening livelihoods webinar was an informative and practical discussion on the benefits and practicalities of making and using tree hay, featuring Lynbreck Croft, Tap o’ North Farm, and Dr Lindsay Whistance of the Organic Research Centre.

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Save The Date! For one week only (18 – 25 April 2024), have your donation doubled and help raise funds for ORC’s Feed The Soil Project

ORC is taking part in the Big Give Green Match Fund campaign again this year. This time to raise £100,000 in just one week for our Feed the Soil project.

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LiveSeeding/Oper8 Farm Walk

Hosted by Tim May at Kingsclere, this afternoon farm walk will focus on Spring crop establishment, competitive cultivars and weed management strategies.

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Practical AgroHomeopathy for Growers and Gardeners

Sustainable agriculture specialist Dr Leo Faedo presents his successful system for choosing and applying remedies for healthy crops & plants in this Whole Health Agriculture webinar.

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Organics Europe Youth Event

The second edition of Organic Europe Youth Event (OEYE) will be held on 8-9 July 2024, in Bari, Italy with an optional excursion on the 10 July. I

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Living Mulches Webinar

Join us for an evening of talks on implementing living mulches in arable and horticultural farming systems.

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EURAF 2024: 7th European Agroforestry Conference

EURAF 2024 in Czech Republic: Regenerating landscapes and diversifying production in Europe through Agroforestry

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Yorkshire Grain Alliance

New booklet outlines the vision of the Yorkshire Grain Alliance of a resilient, human scale food system for the future

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UK Organic Conference 2024: Find Better. Look for Organic.

The Organic Trade Board will be officially launching UK Organic on 14th March, with results from consumer research conducted in partnership with ORC

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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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Perennial Green Manures Film Launch

Join the Perennial Green Manures Project for the launch of a new video

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The Organic Market Report 2024

Soil Association Certification’s Organic Market Report shows that UK organic market has grown 2% in 2023 but organic farming stuck at 3% of UK farmland

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New Organic Grower Podcast coming out in March

The Organic Growers Alliance (OGA) have teamed up with James Butterworth of Cotswold Market Garden, to produce a podcast on organic horticulture, called the Organic Grower Podcast.

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Silvopasture in Colombia

At the end of January Will Simonson visited the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Colombia to attend a workshop on silvopasture design.

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National Organic Conference – Food, Farming, Nature, Climate & People

SAVE THE DATES — OF&G National Organic Conference at Tim May’s Kingsclere Estate in Hampshire – 1-2 July 2024

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Agroforestry: Farming with Trees in Cornwall

Interested in farming with trees or already planning a project? Come to this Forest for Cornwall event at Rosuick Organic Farm and find out how they can support you and get inspirational advice and experience from local farm agroforestry projects.

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Agroforestry supports high bird diversity in European farmland

AGROMIX study demonstrates that agroforestry systems represent a valuable habitat for breeding birds in European agricultural landscapes.

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A comprehensive guide to electrical weed management

The Biological Husbandry Unit (BHU) in New Zealand have recently published a new comprehensive guide to electrical weed management (EWM), written for farmers, growers and other land managers, as well as scientists and engineers working with EWM

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Making things work – on the farm and on the balance sheet

A review of the 12th edition of the Organic Farm Management Handbook by Marianne Landzettel

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An introduction to the Agroecology Research Collaboration

Join this webinar to learn about the work of the Agroecology Research Collaboration, find out how they are building stronger links between farmers and researchers, and how you can get involved!

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Future Farming Resilience: an update on farming support payments for growers (Webinar)

Soil Association webinar for organic, low input and in-conversion farms covering new SFI and CSS funding options tailored to the horticultural sector.

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Future Farming Resilience: an update on farming support payments (Webinar)

A webinar for organic, low input and in-conversion farms to highlight changes in farming support payments.

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