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Agroforestry a ‘win-win’ for the future of farming

It is not the first time that we have heard the sentiment that ''Agroforestry has come of age." It was heard at the Agroforestry Conference at Silsoe in 2017, but the scale of the Agroforestry…
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Farmer/grower tree planting survey

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

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Are you a farmer who is already using, or interested in experimenting with intercropping?

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.

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Barriers to adopting agroforestry

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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Sign up for news from the ReForest project

Sign up to the ReForest project newsletter

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Considering Implementing Agroforestry on Your Farm? 

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

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Organic Innovation Days

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

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Exploring collaboration for a resilient local food system in Cornwall

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

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Organic and agroecology as a safeguard for long-term food security

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,

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The Organic Growers Gathering 2023

OGA/Vegan Organic Network event at Tolhurst Organic: Cultivating skills and knowledge within the organic growing community.

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Homoeopathy at Wellie Level courses

Homoeopathy at Wellie Level (HAWL) have announced new course dates for 2023, one in-person course and one online course.

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Future Farming Resilience: Your guide to farming support payments (Online)

Soil Association webinar for organic, low-input and in-conversion farms to highlight changes in farming support payments in England.

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Farm of the Future Women’s Day

The Farm of the Future Women’s Day will focus on soil health, regenerative farming and well-being.

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Biomass Connect Demo – Biomass Crops and Diversification

Come and join Biomass Connect with Newcastle University, supported by the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) for an opportunity to learn about biomass crops options, agroforestry, and diversification options at Newcastle.

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ORC at the National Organic Conference

Report from OF&G’s National Organic Conference which took place at Mark Lea’s Green Acres Farm in Shropshire on the 4th July 2023.

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Wakelyns Agroforestry on Countryfile

Wakelyns Agroforestry featured on BBC Countryfile on Sunday July 9th, with presenter Adam Henson interviewing David Wolfe

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Pesticides and the climate crisis: a vicious cycle

A new report published by The Pesticide Action Network (PAN UK) / The Pesticide Collaboration (includes ORC) calls for the UK Government to reduce the contribution of pesticides to greenhouse gas emissions and improve the climate resilience of food and farming systems.

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Webinar: Converting Land to Organic Horticulture

Join the Organic Growers Alliance (OGA) for this informative webinar with Roger Hitchings, Tim Deane, and Phil Sumption as they bring in their experiences and expertise in converting land to organic horticulture. Roger will focus…
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ORC at Groundswell 2023

Watch videos of ORC sessions at Groundswell 2023

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Survey on the European organic seed and breeding sector

Calling seed producers/traders! Please take part in our survey and support EU research in finding a way to 100% organic seed in the EU!

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ORC 2023 Research Summary

Read our 2023 Research Summary which outlines the 22 projects ORC worked on in 2021/22 advancing research and knowledge exchange in the organic and agroecological sector

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Masters of organic farming

Apply now! Applications are open for 2023 entry for the SRUC distance learning postgraduate agriculture programmes in Organic Farming

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FOODLEVERS – Consumer Research

Survey on the factors that influence people’s decisions to buy and consume organic food

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International Agroforestry Conference

The Irish Agroforestry Forum is bringing together a diversity of expert voices, both national and international, to discuss and highlight the multi-faceted benefits that trees can bring to farms and the wider environment.

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