Category: News and events

Silvopasture co-design at Pendle Pastures

Open meeting of the ReForest Living Lab at Pendle Pastures near Bolton to learn about the practicalities of integrating trees and livestock on the farm

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OGA Webinar: How to Start a Market Garden

Join OGA for this webinar with Kate Collyns on the challenges and rewards of starting a sustainable vegetable growing business

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Advancing Europe’s Organic Transition: Policy  Pathways to 2030 and Beyond

The OrganicTargets4EU project calls for stronger action to achieve Europe’s organic targets

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New-look Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for 2026 continues to support organic farming and agroforestry

Organic farming support and agroforestry survives Defra’s SFI overhaul

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Introducing the new nutrient management planning tool on GOV.UK

This webinar hosted by ADAS explains how Defra’s new Plan and Manage Nutrient Applications Tool works.

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Digital innovation for scaling agroforestry – webinar recording

Recent ReForest webinar showcased how advanced decision-support tools are reshaping how agroforestry is designed, assessed, and financed

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Soil Association Regional Meeting – Scotland

Join the Soil Association’s board of organic producers at Low Auldgirth Steading, Dumfries for a regional meeting and farm walk.

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Digging into early indicators of soil health

Julia Cooper blogs on our recent workshop discussion on soil health indicators.
How do we decide which indicators best reflect soil health?

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On-farm composting systems for regenerative agriculture. A review

Our newly published literature review in the journal Next Research provides an overview of different composting systems

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Baking a better tomorrow 

To mark Real Bread Week with support from ORC – UK Grain Lab, The Real Bread Campaign and Better Food Traders are launching ‘Baking a better tomorrow’

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Farmer Champions — Tree Resilience Project (Paid Role)

We are seeking six Farmer Champions (England) for a project focused on strengthening farm business sustainability through improved on-farm tree resilience.

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Lack of agroecological funding could be costing us our future

ORC’s Charlotte Bickler is interviewed in this Wicked Leeks which argues that research and innovation in organic and agroecological farming in the UK is chronically underfunded

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IPM in Action: From Research to Practice in Horticultural Crops

Join this free Soil Association and OGA webinar to hear the latest IPM research and how it can be put into practice on the ground.

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Global organic market hits all-time high

Latest statistics for the global organic market presented at Biofach showing continued rise in consumer demand

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A Dairy Story

‘A Dairy Story’ is a documentary following organic farmers David and Wilma Finlay of the Ethical Dairy and their cow-with-calf system

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Oxford Real Farming Conference 2026: an organic perspective

We select a few highlights featuring organic farmers or topics from ORFC to watch or listen to

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Agroforestry Open Weekend 2026

The Agroforestry Open Weekend – celebrating the growing global community of agroforestry farms and farming

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EURAF 2026: 8th European Agroforestry Conference

EURAF 2026, the biggest agroforestry conference in Europe, will take place on June 22–26 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Save the date. Call for abstracts is open.

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New approaches to agroforestry training from around the world

Join the Farm Woodland Forum webinar to explore global agroforestry training tips and tricks we can all learn from

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Empowering farmers to improve organic systems

CAWR-led hybrid seminar on the SCALE-it project on developing cost-effective alternatives to contentious inputs in organic farming.

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Rotations for Field Vegetables – a new Technical Guide from Agricology

New Agricology Technical Guide and Hub support growers to strengthen field vegetable rotations and improve soil health

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Biochar Making Course

Learn about biochar production at different scales, and effective inoculation, with Peni Ediker at Wakelyns

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Digital innovation for scaling agroforestry

Join ReForest for an interactive webinar to discover how digital tools can simplify agroforestry decision-making, improve efficiency, and increase economic transparency.

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Scotland’s Organic Action Plan

The Scottish Organic Action Plan sets out a roadmap for catalysing the growth of the Scottish organic sector while also contributing to net zero, biodiversity, and Scotland’s global food reputation.

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