Squash provide an exotic touch to boxes and market displays and when grown with the other crops in the family they can provide a useful contribution to the bottom line…
In June 2008 a number of gardeners and allotment holders noticed some unusual symptoms in their vegetable crops. It quickly became clear that…
When vetch is grown as a winter green manure it is common practice to break the crop down and mix it into the topsoil. As it decomposes vetch releases toxic compounds…
Compost – it’s an evocative word and if it isn’t it should be. Put more mundanely compost is…
The soil beneath our feet is something many of us take for granted yet it is a precious resource that is absolutely crucial for…
We have done it, will you?
The series of IOTA Technical Leaflets provides a summary of the key practical farming recommendations arising from organic research…
Good news at last for hard pressed egg producers – organic or otherwise. A University of Surrey team has declared that most people can eat as many eggs as they want without damaging their health. The researchers analysed…
This summer at The Organic Research Centre we are very pleased to announce…
ORW secures funds to provide better Organic Business Links