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The Organic Market Report 2024

Soil Association Certification’s Organic Market Report shows that UK organic market has grown 2% in 2023 but organic farming stuck at 3% of UK farmland

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New Organic Grower Podcast coming out in March

The Organic Growers Alliance (OGA) have teamed up with James Butterworth of Cotswold Market Garden, to produce a podcast on organic horticulture, called the Organic Grower Podcast.

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Silvopasture in Colombia

At the end of January Will Simonson visited the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Colombia to attend a workshop on silvopasture design.

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National Organic Conference – Food, Farming, Nature, Climate & People

SAVE THE DATES — OF&G National Organic Conference at Tim May’s Kingsclere Estate in Hampshire – 1-2 July 2024

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Agroforestry: Farming with Trees in Cornwall

Interested in farming with trees or already planning a project? Come to this Forest for Cornwall event at Rosuick Organic Farm and find out how they can support you and get inspirational advice and experience from local farm agroforestry projects.

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Agroforestry supports high bird diversity in European farmland

AGROMIX study demonstrates that agroforestry systems represent a valuable habitat for breeding birds in European agricultural landscapes.

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A comprehensive guide to electrical weed management

The Biological Husbandry Unit (BHU) in New Zealand have recently published a new comprehensive guide to electrical weed management (EWM), written for farmers, growers and other land managers, as well as scientists and engineers working with EWM

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Making things work – on the farm and on the balance sheet

A review of the 12th edition of the Organic Farm Management Handbook by Marianne Landzettel

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An introduction to the Agroecology Research Collaboration

Join this webinar to learn about the work of the Agroecology Research Collaboration, find out how they are building stronger links between farmers and researchers, and how you can get involved!

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Future Farming Resilience: an update on farming support payments for growers (Webinar)

Soil Association webinar for organic, low input and in-conversion farms covering new SFI and CSS funding options tailored to the horticultural sector.

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Future Farming Resilience: an update on farming support payments (Webinar)

A webinar for organic, low input and in-conversion farms to highlight changes in farming support payments.

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Agroforestry Open Weekend 2024

The Agroforestry Open Weekend is back in 2024 – May 17th to 20th

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Hot Water Seed Treatment for the Sanitation of Vegetable Seed (Webinar)

This Liveseeding webinar aims to explain the procedure, effects and efficiency of hot water treatments for vegetable seeds

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Future Farming Resilience: an update on farming support payments (Webinar)

A webinar for organic, low input and in-conversion farms to highlight changes in farming support payments.

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Future Farming Resilience: an update on farming support payments (Webinar)

A webinar for organic, low input and in-conversion farms to highlight changes in farming support payments.

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Future Farming Resilience: an update on farming support payments

An event for organic, low input and in-conversion farms to highlight changes in farming support payments.

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Tree hay – using trees as livestock fodder

Join Agroecology: strengthening livelihoods for an informative and practical online discussion on the benefits and practicalities of making and using tree hay

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AGROMIX Summit: Agroforestry for the future of European Agriculture

The ‘AGROMIX Summit: Agroforestry for the future of European Agriculture’ aims to facilitate and incentivise the adoption of Mixed Farming and Agroforestry systems under EU legislation.

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The EU’s organic area grew by 5% in 2022 – more than 10 percent of farmland was organic

The latest data on organic agriculture in Europe has been published in the yearbook ‘The World of Organic Agriculture.’

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Homoeopathy at Wellie Level courses

Homoeopathy at Wellie Level (HAWL) have announced new course dates for 2023, one in-person course and one online course.

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Agricultural Transition Plan update: Defra announcement on agroforestry

Defra announces payments for agroforestry. Colin Tosh and Will Simonson unpick the detail.

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Oxford Real Farming Conference – Boot camp for agroecologists

ORC’s Head of Research Julia Cooper blogs on the recent Oxford Real Farming Conference.

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Could you be the next AHDB Cereals Monitor Farm?

AHDB are in the process of recruiting a number of new Monitor Farmers across England, Wales & Northern Ireland and are keen to have a better organic representation within the network.

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Farmers’ and growers’ priorities for agricultural research and innovation

Join the Agroecology Research Collaboration for this online workshop to ensure the priorities of agroecological farmers and growers are taken seriously by the research community.

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