The Organic Growers Gathering 2025
The 3rd Organic Growers Gathering at Hardwick Estate: Cultivating skills and knowledge within the organic growing community.
Webinar: Looking into the 2024 Consumer Insights Report
This webinar, hosted by UK ORGANIC and Organic Research Centre on December 11th 2024, took a deep dive into their Consumer Insights Report 2024.
Agroforestry and its benefits for animal health and welfare
Teagasc webinar featuring Lindsay Whistance
OGA on the farm: Delflands Nursery
Join the OGA for a farm tour and Q&A on plant raising at Delfland Nurseries in Cambridgeshire.
Biodegradable plastic film mulches for horticulture and other alternatives
Join Francis Rayns, Judith Conroy and Martin Samphire for this OGA webinar to discuss their research on alternatives to plastic film mulches
OGA Webinar: To scale up or not to scale up? That is the question
Join Adam Beer (Pitney Farm Market Garden) and Ash Wheeler (Trill Farm Garden) to discuss the pros and cons of scaling up the market garden.
Feeding willow to lambs: Results from Innovative Farmers field lab
Join Innovative Farmers for the latest feeding willow to livestock network webinar.
Organic takes centre stage at Oxford Real Farming Conference
Organic farmers, growers and topics were integral to the Oxford Real Farming Conference. There should be no ‘us and them’ we must work together.
Cultivating Wisdom: Research summaries from ‘Experts in the Field.’
‘Cultivating Wisdom’, a groundbreaking collection of research summaries from the Landworkers’ Alliance’s ‘Experts in Your Field‘ project has recently been released.
Agroforestry systems favour bat conservation but only when old and grazed
New study showed bat activity and foraging success was highest in grazed but not arable agroforestry systems and tree age contributed strongly to habitat value.
LiveSeeding training & summer school
The LiveSeeding project has announced a programme of online training for organic breeding and organic seed production!
Food Issues Census: Shape the future of funding for food & farming
Organisations and communities working and organising around food-related issues in the UK are invited to take part in a Census.
Global warming metrics in livestock farming systems: Interpretation and policy advice
Join this Re-Livestock webinar on January 15, 2025, at 14:00 GMT to explore the critical relationship between livestock farming systems and global warming metrics.
Tim Lang: Civil food resilience and UK preparedness for food system shocks
AFN Network+webinar with Tim Lang following his latest research into the UK’s preparedness (or not) for food system shocks.
Re-Livestock – Animal Welfare Interview with Lindsay Whistance
Lindsay Whistance shares her insights into the link between animal welfare and resilience in livestock farming in this interview as part of the Re-Livestock project
Have your say over carbon emissions!
Our friends at AFN Network+ have developed a survey which aims to amplify the voices of farmers in the debate over climate change and carbon emissions. We urge you to take part – some fabulous prizes too!
ORC 2024 Annual Review: Another action-packed year
This has been another action-packed year for ORC, marked by a wealth of activity that has broadened our networks and opened up significant opportunities.
Kingsclere: On-farm water management – risks and opportunities
AHDB meeting hosted by Tim May at Kingsclere Estates (AHDB organic monitor farm) will guide you through assessing and applying an integrated water management strategy for your farm.
Under-sowing, companion cropping and min-till for maize
AHDB event. Jerry Alford (Soil Association) will share his knowledge from research into inter-row cropping, under sowing and companion cropping.
Living Mulch Experiments on 20 farms in the Northeast US.
Join the OGA for this webinar with Lincoln Fishman from Momentum Ag in the US to talk about his research on living mulches.
Keep it Lean: An on-farm workshop on veg boxes and caterpillar tunnels
Join the OGA at Sandy Lane Farm in Oxfordshire where the team will take us through their processes and infrastructure on the farm.
Business skills for market gardeners
Join the OGA for this webinar with Kate Collyns of Grown Green who will talk us through setting up the business side of an organic market garden
The Big 4: Weed management in organic horticulture
Start the New Year with this OGA webinar on practical weed management with Charles ‘Merf’ Merfield from New Zealand
Regenerative agriculture – crop and soils research priorities and knowledge gaps identified
Crop and Soil Science Research Priorities and Knowledge Gaps with a Regenerative Agriculture Focus – it’s a wrap!