Category: News and events

The Organic Vegetable Grower by Phil Sumption is a practical guide for those growing, or wishing to grow, market and sell organic vegetables for a living.

OF&G’s white paper identifies how a three-fold increase in organic land use area would reduce total agriculture-related greenhouse gas emissions equal to the carbon sequestered by third of million acres of broadleaved woodland.

A Swiss research team has shown that inoculating soil with mycorrhizal fungi can help maintain or even improve yields without the use of additional fertilizers or pesticides.

Isabel Mackintosh and Charlotte Bickler blog reflect on the first year of LiveSeeding and the second annual meeting in Poznań, Poland

Short survey investigating the barriers to small and medium size farms developing natural capital projects

As part of the EU-funded Oper8 project ADAS and The Organic Research Centre will be hosting a workshop to evaluate a set of alternative weed control solutions that have been prioritised for arable and field vegetable production.

ORC welcomes the Soil Association’s timely announcement of their new vision for organic in the UK – Organic for All and we offer our full support to ensure the success of the organic sector.

European organic movement fights to keep organic production free from gene editing technologies.

A report from the Organic Growers Gathering held at Tolhurst Organic in Ocober

SUSTAIN FoodTalks webinar asking what is Bridging the Gap, how is it addressing these issues and what are the six areas of focus it is using as a starting point?

Report from the REFOREST North of England Agroforestry Living Lab meet up at the beautiful Gowbarrow Hall Farm in the Lake District, hosted by Sam and Claire Beaumont.

Celebrating 15 years of bringing the food and farming movement together 4 – 5 January 2024 🌱In-person + worldwide livestream #ORFC24

Considering Implementing Agroforestry on Your Farm?  Join us to help test different forms of advice and guidance for Defra.

New Farmerama Radio podcast series on ‘Good bread’ covers the challenges of growing organic wheat for milling quality.

A webinar from the European Thematic Network OPER8 on cover crops for weed control.

Farmers and growers please could you take 5 minutes to fill in a short and simple survey around tree planting on your land

Help Innovative Farmers gain a better understanding of why intercropping is not more common, and what the barriers are to greater use of it in farming systems.

ORC is currently looking for farmers or land manager in the Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area to take part in a survey for the EU-Horizon project AGROMIX.

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Join the Testing Agroforestry Advice and Guidance Scheme to help test different forms of advice and guidance for Defra. 

TP Organics’ annual organic and agroecological research and innovation event has the theme ‘Citizen-driven transformation of European food systems’.

Organic at the Heart – a grower-led initiative to explore possibilities for collaboration in Cornwall

Take part in the TP Organics launch webinar for a new Policy Brief that shows that organic and agroecological farming are the best guarantee for long-term food security,