Towards an English Organic Action Plan
Julia Cooper and the English Organic Forum met Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP at Riverford’s Sacrewell farm for encouraging discussions about an Organic Action Plan for England.
ADOPT: new funding rounds open
With new funding rounds now open, farmers and growers have another opportunity to apply for support through the Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) Fund.
Can you help assess sustainability across the organic food supply chain?
Please spare 10-15 minutes to ensure sustainability assessment tools are practical and relevant
Diversification, integration and participation – Let’s Liberate Diversity!
Julia Cooper attended the 15th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum in Scandicci near Florence.
Agroforestry Open Weekend at Wakelyns 2026
Report from the recent Agroforestry Open Weekend at Wakelyns
Where there’s a Will there’s a way
We say goodbye and thank you to Will Simonson who has had a huge impact on ORC and UK agroforestry over the last five and a half years
Farmers are tree health heroes!
Blog from Berglind Karlsdóttir at Forest Research on the Farmer action for tree resilience project
Local food systems can be more resilient to shocks and inflation
Sustain calls for local food systems to be prioritised following ORC review of evidence of their economic benefits
Farewell to Lucy MacLennan and welcome to Lizzie Sagoo
We say farewell and thank you to Lucy MacLennan who moves on after 6 years and welcome Lizzie Sagoo who steps in as ORC’s new Director
Glyphosate use in UK farming increases by 1,000% since 1990
“The UK’s glyphosate addiction has spiralled out of control” Nick Mole, Policy Officer, PAN UK
LiveSeeding Summer School 2026 – Registrations are open!
The LiveSeeding Summer School 2026 offers a 5-day training bringing together farmers, breeders, researchers, advisors and students to explore participatory and innovative approaches to organic plant breeding.
New Tree Fodder Technical Guide and Hub from Agricology
New Agricology Technical Guide and Hub explore the role of tree fodder in resilient farming systems
More organic in schools can work for children and farmers, and help build UK resilience
Bridging the Gap report shows how school meal programmes that invest in organic can support regional supply chains, keep profits circulating locally and reduce climate impacts of food production.
New 2026 version – Wakelyns Agroforestry: Resilience through diversity
This revised edition of Resilience Through Diversity celebrates the work of Martin and Ann Wolfe with ORC includes updates to the evolving community of stacked enterprises at Wakelyns.
How can the nature-based solutions approach help build sustainable food systems?
ORC presents at IEEP Workshop on Nature-based Solutions in Brussels
How to make farms tree-friendly and boost food production
New research from the Universiy of Reading with ORC’s Colin Tosh found that a key barrier to adopting agroforestry is that farmers don’t have the knowledge needed to implement and manage it.
OrganicAdviceNetwork Cross Visits
The OrganicAdviceNetwork has announced a programme of European cross visits for 2026 – a unique opportunity to gain insights into innovative organic farming practices.
Advancing Europe’s Organic Transition: Policy Pathways to 2030 and Beyond
The OrganicTargets4EU project calls for stronger action to achieve Europe’s organic targets
New-look Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for 2026 continues to support organic farming and agroforestry
Organic farming support and agroforestry survives Defra’s SFI overhaul
Digital innovation for scaling agroforestry – webinar recording
Recent ReForest webinar showcased how advanced decision-support tools are reshaping how agroforestry is designed, assessed, and financed
Digging into early indicators of soil health
Julia Cooper blogs on our recent workshop discussion on soil health indicators.
How do we decide which indicators best reflect soil health?
On-farm composting systems for regenerative agriculture. A review
Our newly published literature review in the journal Next Research provides an overview of different composting systems
Baking a better tomorrow
To mark Real Bread Week with support from ORC – UK Grain Lab, The Real Bread Campaign and Better Food Traders are launching ‘Baking a better tomorrow’
Farmer Champions — Tree Resilience Project (Paid Role)
We are seeking six Farmer Champions (England) for a project focused on strengthening farm business sustainability through improved on-farm tree resilience.