Category: News and events

Roll up, roll up - ORC ARABLE EVENTS

Full details of ORC arable events 2008

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Dutch demand organic

The Netherlands Ambassador to London – Pim Waldeck – has taken the occasion of a brief speech at the Organic and Natural Products Show at London’s Olympia to outline some new organic market policies from the Dutch Government.

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Brave new world of sustainable cereals

The future focus of European cereal production will be on low input (possibly organic) systems which deploy genetically diverse crops through either varietal mixtures or composite cross populations. These crops will contribute to a multifunctional agriculture.

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Rice at US$1000 a tonne

Apocalyptic visions of a world fast running out of food have moved uncomfortably up the news agenda to present-day reality. The Financial Times reports that rice prices have hit the US$1,000-a-tonne level for the first time as panicking importers scrambled at auctions (April 17th 2008) to secure supplies.

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Self congratulations from FSA

2007 consumer survey from FSA

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The return of free conversion advice

A re-vampled free information and advice service for English farmers thinking of converting to organic production has been launched by Defra Sustainable Food and Farming Minister Lord Rooker.

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Hold fire on biofuels

The UK Government should delay introducing road biofuel at the pumps.

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Bluetongue menace

The relentless spread of Bluetongue across the UK continues with at least 110 holdings now affected.

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US research urges organic fruit and veg

The Organic Center, based in Boulder Colorado USA has concluded that the conversion of all eight million acres of U.S. produce farms (horticultural land) from “conventional” to organic would reduce pesticide dietary risks by some 97 per cent.

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H7 avian influenza in Oxfordshire

The Chief Veterinary Officer, Nigel Gibbens, has confirmed (June 3rd) Avian Influenza in chickens on premises near Banbury in Oxfordshire

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