How can farmers enhance soil life? Will improved management of the soil ecosystem benefit farmers?
A study published this month in Environmental Health Perspectives has found lower antibiotic resistance on newly organic farms compared to conventional farms in the US…
How can farmers enhance soil life? Will improved management of the soil ecosystem benefit farmers?
Bluetongue serotype 1 (BTV-1) has now spread across France as close to the UK as Brittany…
The new issue of the ORC Bulletin has been published…
The latest research results on the impacts of organic farming in the uplands will be presented at
Supporting the best practice application of organic and …
Call for students interested in Sustainability and E-learning
We are holding a guided walk around our beautiful farm trail…
Entitled Production or Preservation, Organic Centre Wales’ annual conference will be back…
The Coalition Government has today confirmed that…
This is a unique opportunity to meet with the UK leaders in agro-forestry research and practice…
On Friday 16th July, Bernward Geier, former Director of IFOAM, presented ORC with …
Join staff at ORC for a technical open day
The Organic Research Centre at Elm Farm, in Hamstead Marshall near Newbury, is holding a technical Open Day …
Calling all foodies! On Saturday 17 July from 10am to 5pm the Organic Research Centre at Elm Farm, Hamstead Marshall (near Newbury), will throw open its gates to all lovers of great food.
Visit Elm Farm for a day of fun, food and drink!
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…
