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Organic for All – a new vision for organic in the UK

ORC welcomes the Soil Association’s timely announcement of their new vision for organic in the UK – Organic for All and we offer our full support to ensure the success of the organic sector.

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New Genetic Techniques: No Science no safety

European organic movement fights to keep organic production free from gene editing technologies.

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ORC at the Organic Growers Gathering

A report from the Organic Growers Gathering held at Tolhurst Organic in Ocober

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FoodTalks: Where next for making organic food accessible for all?

SUSTAIN FoodTalks webinar asking what is Bridging the Gap, how is it addressing these issues and what are the six areas of focus it is using as a starting point?

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REFOREST Living Lab at Gowbarrow Hall Farm

Report from the REFOREST North of England Agroforestry Living Lab meet up at the beautiful Gowbarrow Hall Farm in the Lake District, hosted by Sam and Claire Beaumont.

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Oxford Real Farming Conference 2024

Celebrating 15 years of bringing the food and farming movement together 4 – 5 January 2024 🌱In-person + worldwide livestream #ORFC24

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English Farmers wanted, to test advice and guidance for agroforestry in ELM

Considering Implementing Agroforestry on Your Farm?  Join us to help test different forms of advice and guidance for Defra.

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What is good bread?

New Farmerama Radio podcast series on ‘Good bread’ covers the challenges of growing organic wheat for milling quality.

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Solutions for alternative weed control #2

A webinar from the European Thematic Network OPER8 on cover crops for weed control.

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Agroforestry a ‘win-win’ for the future of farming

It is not the first time that we have heard the sentiment that ''Agroforestry has come of age." It was heard at the Agroforestry Conference at Silsoe in 2017, but the scale of the Agroforestry…
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Farmer/grower tree planting survey

Farmers and growers please could you take 5 minutes to fill in a short and simple survey around tree planting on your land

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Are you a farmer who is already using, or interested in experimenting with intercropping?

Help Innovative Farmers gain a better understanding of why intercropping is not more common, and what the barriers are to greater use of it in farming systems.

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Barriers to adopting agroforestry

ORC is currently looking for farmers or land manager in the Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area to take part in a survey for the EU-Horizon project AGROMIX.

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Considering Implementing Agroforestry on Your Farm? 

Join the Testing Agroforestry Advice and Guidance Scheme to help test different forms of advice and guidance for Defra. 

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Organic Innovation Days

TP Organics’ annual organic and agroecological research and innovation event has the theme ‘Citizen-driven transformation of European food systems’.

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Exploring collaboration for a resilient local food system in Cornwall

Organic at the Heart – a grower-led initiative to explore possibilities for collaboration in Cornwall

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Organic and agroecology as a safeguard for long-term food security

Take part in the TP Organics launch webinar for a new Policy Brief that shows that organic and agroecological farming are the best guarantee for long-term food security,

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The Organic Growers Gathering 2023

OGA/Vegan Organic Network event at Tolhurst Organic: Cultivating skills and knowledge within the organic growing community.

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Homoeopathy at Wellie Level courses

Homoeopathy at Wellie Level (HAWL) have announced new course dates for 2023, one in-person course and one online course.

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Future Farming Resilience: Your guide to farming support payments (Online)

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

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Farm of the Future Women’s Day

The Farm of the Future Women’s Day will focus on soil health, regenerative farming and well-being.

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Biomass Connect Demo – Biomass Crops and Diversification

Come and join Biomass Connect with Newcastle University, supported by the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) for an opportunity to learn about biomass crops options, agroforestry, and diversification options at Newcastle.

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ORC at the National Organic Conference

Report from OF&G’s National Organic Conference which took place at Mark Lea’s Green Acres Farm in Shropshire on the 4th July 2023.

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