Category: News

Consultation on breeding techniques

IFOAM seeks comments on position paper

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Challenges of organic arable farming

Call for applications for online course

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UK organic market tops £2 billion

Soil Association’s 2017 Organic Market Report is out

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Tree fodder: food for thought?

Does tree fodder have a role to play in today’s livestock farming in the UK?

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OK-Net Arable at Biofach

Workshop on farmer-led innovation

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UK Organic Sector backed by EU Funding

Organic Trade Board win funding to promote organic

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EU agriculture ministers clash over Organic Regulation

Strong disagreement over Organic Regulation review: new start needed.

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'Turn your nose up' campaign launched

Turn your nose up at pig factories

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Potato late blight field lab

Innovative Farmers discover benefits of blight resistant potato varieties

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Farmer bursary for European Agroforestry Conference

Grant for 2 farmers to attend Montpellier conference

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The role of agroecology in Sustainable Intensification

Four page summary of ORC and GWCT study

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Easier access to information on pestcides and their effects

Important Decision from the EU Court of Justice

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Organic leaders call for a regulation that supports development

Market growth needs to be supported through better implementation of the organic regulation

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Call for sheep and goat farmers

Sustainability assessments, case studies and to test innovative farm practices

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Progress in organic plant breeding

Main achievements from the COBRA project

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No patent on seeds!

EU Commission says plants and animals derived from conventional breeding should be regarded as non-patentable

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Final report from OSCAR project published

Optimising Subsidiary Crop Applications in Rotations

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Organic crop area on the rise in the EU

Organic land area up in all Member States, except the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

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Cover crop mixtures increase agroecosystem services

Benefits of cover crop mixtures measures by US researchers

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Insights into the needs of sheep and goat farmers in the UK

“We rely on researchers and innovators” say sheep and goat farmers

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Consumers in the dark about GM in food chain

A damning new assessment of the UK’s top ten supermarkets demonstrated today just how far GM crops have crept unnoticed into the UK food chain.

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Food and Farming standards consultation

The Soil Association are updating their standards and want your views

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Massive overuse of farm antibiotics continues in Europe

Use of antibiotics in Europe remains more than twice as high in animals as in humans

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Organic Action Plans

A guide for Stakeholders

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