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Agroforestry and the Basic Payment Scheme
11th Dec 2020
ORC welcomes the recognition by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) of the benefits of agroforestry with new guidance on how agroforestry can be compatible with the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). This is a major breakthrough…
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Agroforestry: Trees on upland farms webinar
7th Dec 2020
Agroforestry webinar, led by the Soil Association, as part of the WRFFC Conference which was held from 16-19th Nov 2020. Speakers include Tim Pagella (Bangor University), Dr Lindsay Whistance (Organic Research Centre) and Gareth Davies…
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Roadmap to a greener farming future
7th Dec 2020
ORC welcomes Defra's roadmap for a transition to deliver a better, fairer farming system in England. We strongly support the participatory approach and are involved in three of Defra's Environmental Land Management 'Test and Trials'.…
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UK organic Control Bodies recognised by EU but uncertainty remains
4th Dec 2020
The EU Commission has approved a regulation to recognise all six of the UK organic Control Bodies as certifying to an equivalent EU standard until 31 December 2021, for the purpose of trade in organics.…
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We want to hear from you!
30th Nov 2020
Complete our survey and win a bottle of wine! At the ORC, we are always looking at ways to strengthen our communication and make sure you as a reader receive the most interesting and relevant…
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Impact of Flock Health Clubs
30th Nov 2020
New paper published in ‘Livestock Science’ this month. The article assesses how Flock Health Clubs improve farmer-vet relationships and measures of flock health & welfare. The paper's authors include ORC's Marion Johnson and Nicola Noble…
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Organic Research Centre builds on research focus with the appointment of Dr Will Simonson
5th Nov 2020
The Organic Research Centre (ORC) has announced the appointment of Dr Will Simonson as the new Head of Research.  Dr Simonson replaces Dr Bruce Pearce, who stepped down from the role last month after 21…
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Growing an organic partnership
23rd Oct 2020
A unique postgraduate course in Organic Farming is celebrating its 20th year at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC). The MSc programme, run in an online format since 2002, is delivered by SRUC in partnership with the…
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Improving sustainability and welfare in organic poultry and pig production
22nd Oct 2020
It is with great excitement that OK-Net EcoFeed announces its final project conference bringing together 4 Horizon 2020 projects: OK-Net EcoFeed,  PPILOW, Freebirds and POWER. Mark the 25th-26th of January 2021 in your calendar and…
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RABI extends support for farmers with new wellbeing initiative
20th Oct 2020
Charity’s evolving strategy aims to reach more farming people http://www.rabi.org.uk/kooth With 2020 bringing ever greater levels of uncertainty and unexpected changes, pressures on the farming community continue to grow. As part of a new package…
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