Organic Hop Varieties field lab two year report
22nd Feb 2023
The Second year of results from the organic hops field lab are now available to read. This field lab aims to help organic and low-input hop growers find suitable varieties of hops for organic farming.
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Farmer-led research gets Royal backing
25th Jul 2022
The Duke of Cornwall joined 150 people in Cornwall on Tuesday 19 July as they celebrated a “remarkable” 10 years of farmer-led research with the Innovative Farmers network.
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Innovative Farmers network day 2022
16th Jun 2022
Come celebrate 10 years of making on-farm research a reality After a decade of hard work, the Innovative Farmers network has changed the face of agricultural innovation in the UK. Together with the support of…
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Film: What farmers have learnt from the living mulch field lab
26th Oct 2021
Living mulches offer a way to build fertility without tillage or synthetic inputs, while sequestering more carbon and cutting costs. But can they be achieved without a significant yield penalty? Six farmers have been working with…
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Living mulch field lab on Farming Today
30th Jun 2021
The No-till with living mulches field lab was featured on BBC Radio 4's Farming Today programme on 29th June 2021. Listen to the feature with Rebecca Rooney talking to James Alexander, Mark Lea and Jamie…
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Farmers collaborate to find hop varieties for the growing organic beer market
30th Jun 2021
Innovative Farmers field lab is bringing organic hop growers, breeders and brewers together with the Organic Research Centre to co-design practical on-farm research Brewers and hop merchants say demand for organic beer and locally-sourced ingredients…
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ORFC Global highlights
15th Jan 2021
As the dust settles on the huge global phenomenon that was the 12th Oxford Real Farming Conference we highlight on some of the sessions ORC were involved with (directly or indirectly). All sessions were recorded…
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Cereals 2016:
6th Jun 2016
Looking to a future of sustainable farming with Innovative Farmers
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