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Wales REAL Food & Farming Conference

The 4th Wales REAL Food & Farming conference will be held on 23-25 November at the University of Wales Trinity St David, in Lampeter

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The Agroforestry Carbon Code Project

Online event which highlights a project testing the feasibility for the generation of robust carbon credits from UK agroforestry projects.

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Extinction or Regeneration

Early bird tickets are now available for Compassion in World Farming’s Extinction or Regeneration Conference 11-12 May, 2023 – a major international event to share solutions on how to fix our broken global food system.

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Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill

The Genetic Technology Bill threatens our food, our farms and the natural environment. MPs have a chance to change the bill in the House of Commons ‘report stage’ which is scheduled for Monday 31 October.

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Factors influencing organic de-certification

Survey aims to to establish the main trends of why organic or former organic farms choose to give up organic certification and switch back to conventional agriculture.

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Agroforestry ELM Test seeks farmers

The Agroforestry ELM Test project is seeking farmers with little or no experience in agroforestry to undertake a video interview (approximately one and a half hours) to gather opinions on the content of agroforestry provision within the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Local Nature Recovery (LNR) developed by Defra so far.

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Low input for maximum gain: Exploring livestock systems in the UK and Europe

Extensive, regenerative, organic, short-term leys, permanent pasture, species-rich swards, herbal leys... The options when it comes to low-input systems are incredible. Join the National Sheep Association (NSA), two NSA members and experts in the field…
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New Horizon Europe project focusing on the expansion of agroforestry

ReForest has launched! Agroforestry at the forefront of farming sustainability in multifunctional landscapes in Europe – a 4-year Horizon Europe project, bringing together 14 institutions from 10 European countries with extensive expertise in this field.

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Staff news: Welcomes and goodbyes

ORC welcomes Kathrin Heimbach and Christian Gossel and says foodbye to Chiara Tuoni and Ambro Costanzo

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Yorkshire grain changers unite!

Community event to share the work of the Yorkshire Grain Alliance from field to fork. Come and find out how you can get involved!

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