Silvopasture: Benefits For Livestock
Free webinar on Dec 14 at 7pm organised by Farm Wilder, with funding from Devon County Council, will be led by ORC’s Lindsay Whistance “who has been pivotal in generating the recent upsurge in interest around silvopasture.”
Agroforestry Carbon Code project webinar recording
Watch the webinar introducing the Agroforestry Carbon Code project with Soil Association, Woodland Trust, Organic Research Centre. Features ORC’s Will Simonson and Colin Tosh
Organic: Leading the way in a world of sustainability
Soil Association Certification held its annual Organic Trade Conference in October. The line-up featured keynote speaker, Professor Dave Goulson, alongside research experts at The Crow Flies, as well as the latest UK organic market figures from NielsenIQ and many other top industry experts.
Cotswold Grain Network
The Cotswold Grain network is a group of bakers, farmers, brewers and researchers who want to re-imagine the grain economy in the Cotswold, promoting heritage and non-commodity grains and direct distributing locally.
Support our ‘The Future of Farming’ Appeal in conjunction with the Big Give Christmas Challenge
Today we’re launching The Future of Farming appeal as part of The Big Give Christmas Challenge to enable more famers to farm agroecologically. Donate via the Big Give between 29 Nov & 6 Dec and your donation will be doubled.
Joint webinar on Mixed farming and Agroforestry Systems – at farm and landscape level
Mixedness from concepts to action: towards shared definitions and challenge identification at different levels
LIVESEEDING – upscaling organic seed and plant breeding in Europe
ORC is partners in a new Horizon Europe-funded project ‘LIVESEEDING’ – Organic seed and plant breeding to accelerate sustainable and diverse food systems in Europe.
Pitch Up! “The Dragon’s Den of Farming” is Back
Following the first ever Pitch Up! in November 2021 – which saw a wide range of entries from food, drink and farming to fashion, beauty and leisure businesses – the team at Kingsclere Estates organic, regenerative farm is pleased to announce Pitch Up! 2022.
ORC at Organic Matters 2022
The Organic Research Centre and Agricology were partners in the Organic Growers Alliance’s recent Organic Matters conference held at the Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham on October 18th.
Young people’s views on healthy and sustainable food
Think tank Common Vision UK is asking young people aged 14-18 to take part in the #HealthyFoodHealthyPlanet questionnaire for chance to win a £50 voucher
UK-based Regen Ag organisations gathering!
An online networking event for those working to encourage regenerative agriculture. Let’s find out what we’re up to & how we can support each other.
Facilitating Innovations for Resilient Livestock Farming Systems
The new Horizon Europe project Re-Livestock – Facilitating Innovations for Resilient Livestock Farming Systems has started!
Wales REAL Food & Farming Conference
The 4th Wales REAL Food & Farming conference will be held on 23-25 November at the University of Wales Trinity St David, in Lampeter
The Agroforestry Carbon Code Project
Online event which highlights a project testing the feasibility for the generation of robust carbon credits from UK agroforestry projects.
Extinction or Regeneration
Early bird tickets are now available for Compassion in World Farming’s Extinction or Regeneration Conference 11-12 May, 2023 – a major international event to share solutions on how to fix our broken global food system.
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
The Genetic Technology Bill threatens our food, our farms and the natural environment. MPs have a chance to change the bill in the House of Commons ‘report stage’ which is scheduled for Monday 31 October.
Factors influencing organic de-certification
Survey aims to to establish the main trends of why organic or former organic farms choose to give up organic certification and switch back to conventional agriculture.
Agroforestry ELM Test seeks farmers
The Agroforestry ELM Test project is seeking farmers with little or no experience in agroforestry to undertake a video interview (approximately one and a half hours) to gather opinions on the content of agroforestry provision within the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Local Nature Recovery (LNR) developed by Defra so far.
Low input for maximum gain: Exploring livestock systems in the UK and Europe
New Horizon Europe project focusing on the expansion of agroforestry
ReForest has launched! Agroforestry at the forefront of farming sustainability in multifunctional landscapes in Europe – a 4-year Horizon Europe project, bringing together 14 institutions from 10 European countries with extensive expertise in this field.
Staff news: Welcomes and goodbyes
ORC welcomes Kathrin Heimbach and Christian Gossel and says foodbye to Chiara Tuoni and Ambro Costanzo
Yorkshire grain changers unite!
Community event to share the work of the Yorkshire Grain Alliance from field to fork. Come and find out how you can get involved!
ORC Bulletin 137 on its way!
The Autumn issue of the ORC Bulletin (137) has mailed out! The Summer 2022 issue (No.136) is now available for free download.
Summer Mastitis Online Survey
Calling UK dairy farmers! You are invited to take part in an online survey on summer mastitis in dairy cattle