Category: News and events

Organic Grower podcast features Rita Oldenbourg and Adam Beer of Pitney Farm Market Garden

Joint winners of ORC’s Young Organic Farmer/Grower Award 2024 Rita Oldenbourg and Adam Beer are interviewed in this OGA podcast

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Webinar: Unlocking the Organic Farm Knowledge Platform

Webinar on 19th November on the Organic Farm Knowledge platform: the hub for knowledge exchange in organic food and farming

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BioFarm 2024 – Ireland’s Biological Farming Conference

BioFarm is back and will take place in Adare, Co Limerick, on Tuesday November 5th and Wednesday November 6th 2024.

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Regulate new GMOs responsibly

GM Freeze has emailed the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs Daniel Zeichner urging him to act with caution in relation to new forms of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

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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.

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Organic food: pleasing the crowd?

Rowan Dumper-Pollard blogs about the surprises emerging from our Consumer Insights Report with UK ORGANIC

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Previous UK government weakened pesticide safety limits in blow to consumer protection

Between 2022 and 2024 in the UK, safety limits on pesticide residues were weakened for 115 types of produce, says PAN-UK.

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Marketing organic: Consumer insights report

Organic Research Centre and UK ORGANIC Release the Groundbreaking Consumer Insights Report 2024

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Who are organic consumers, and what do they really think?

New toolkit from Better Food Traders draws out data and insights from ORC and UK Organic with tips for retailers marketing organic food

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Organic September – why organic farming is important

In this CJS article marking Organic September, Phil Sumption sets out why organic farming is still important and relevant as we battle biodiversity and climate crises.

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