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STOAS Course 1 Part 2
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20 May 2013
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Making producer-led innovation a reality

5th ORC Producers Conference 2011

Opening Plenary

• Opening Plenary - The changing policy environment and impacts on organic producers

Workshop 1

• Soil Structure, biological activity and management.

• Ruminants: feeding for health and profit?

• Climate change and sustainability: tools to improve farm performance.

Workshop 2

• Arable and field veg: improving yield through better soil management.

• Novel horticultural crops and genetic resources.

• Non-ruminants: Feeding from the range and alternative feeds.

• Communicating with consumers: the Farmer-Consumer Partnership project and ethical values.

Workshop 3

• Reduced tillage systems and energy use.

• Horticulture: Protected cropping and related topics.

• 'AssureWel’: Advancing animal welfare assurance through the certification process.

• Closing cycles: re-visiting the case for sewage sludge and green manure composts.

Workshop 4

• Developing the arable market with quality production.

• Local groups – are they the future?

• The role of livestock in food production.

• Biodiversity, ecosystem services and agroforestry.

Closing Plenary

• Closing Plenary - Developing the organic market and engaging with consumers.

The full Conference progamme is available to download as a PDF (260kb).