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The fifth European conference on agroforestry, EURAF 2020, was held online recently (17th – 19th May 2021) and ORC was represented by Colin Tosh, Will Simonson and Lindsay Whistance. This conference was postponed in 2020 due to the Covid crisis and some of the branding and infrastructure from preparations for the 2020 conference spilled over into the 2021 meeting, but this caused little confusion and this hugely complex online event was executed admirably by the ...
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Key research questions The importance of agroforestry Agroforestry is a concept of integrated land use that combines elements of agriculture and forestry in a sustainable production system. In its simplest form, agroforestry can be described as ‘growing trees on farms’ and includes the integration, both ecologically and economically, of the woody elements that may already be present in agricultural landscapes, such as hedgerows, windbreaks, buffer zones, trees in pasture, and small woodlands. At a greater ...
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Radical farm makeover – George Young, Curtis Farm Under conversion since autumn 2020 Getting to Curtis Farm isn’t easy, at least not when you take the wrong exit in the maze of motorway intersections and end up navigating the interlinked roundabouts in Basildon that seem to literally take you round in circles. Standing at the farm gate you can make out the industrial units and the cranes of the London Gateway Port on the horizon ...
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Report from workshop at Tolhurst Organic
A practical one-day workshop on integrating trees and vegetable production
Are you interested in incorporating trees into your farm design? Agroforestry presents lots of opportunities for the organic grower: to grow new fruit and nut crops to sell; to produce wood and wood chip to use; to provide shelter and reduce flooding; and to provide habitat for other creatures. Join this webinar to hear from experienced growers about the practical considerations, opportunities and pitfalls of agroforestry in organic horticulture. Ben Raskin is head of horticulture ...
Report from AFINET workshop at Wakelyns Agroforestry
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Presentation at 8th Organic producers' Conference: Intensive sustainability or sustainable intensification - which way forward for organic farming?
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How trees can work for your farm
