ORC 2024 Annual Review: Another action-packed year
This has been another action-packed year for ORC, marked by a wealth of activity that has broadened our networks and opened up significant opportunities.
Defra announce pause to agroforestry capital grants
Defra has paused applications for new capital grants for agroforestry due to overwhelming demand.
Resilient dairy farms through landscape design – Groundswell follow-up webinar
The Nature Friendly Farming Network and Woodland Trust are hosting a follow-up webinar to the very popular Groundswell session looking at how dairy farms are planning for extreme weather events.
New Woodland Trust factsheets
Three new factsheets have been produced by the Woodland Trust with the help of ORC’s Lindsay Whistance.
Building resilience into farming systems
ORC’s Principal Agroforestry Researcher, Will Simonson reflects on the achievements of the AGROMIX project as it comes to an end.
Agroforestry Research and the REFOREST Project
Watch this Pasture for Life webinar for a deep dive into the ReForest Project and an exploration of agroforestry’s potential to contribute towards UK food system sustainability.
Harnessing the full potential of agroforestry
AGROMIX has published a white paper, “Transforming European Food Systems with Agroforestry”, outlining five key policy recommendations
Biotic stress and yield stability in English organic silvoarable agroforestry
New paper from Agromix project suggests that silvoarable researchers should be focusing on how trees impact plant pathogen dynamics
Agroforestry Research & the REFOREST Project
Join Tom Staton of Reading University and Will Simonson of the Organic Research Centre for a review of the latest findings from the REFOREST project, a 4-year European-wide project looking at interventions to improve the uptake of agroforestry on farms.
FiBL Open Day – Organic transformation of food systems
Join FiBL researchers from all over Europe for this virtual open day exploring the latest developments in organic research