Organic Food Qualities
Newcastle University thumbs up for organic food quality
U turn on killing badgers
King report says badgers should be culled to control spread of TB in cattle
ORC Producer Conference
It’s here again. After the successful re-introduction of the Cirencester producer conference in December 2006, the Organic Research Centre-Elm Farm is pleased to announce that the second conference in the series is confirmed. It will take place at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester over two days starting at lunchtime on Monday 10th December.
Employment application form 2007
Employment application form
Employment Application Form 2007
Employment Application Form 2007
Disappearing Livestock
Agricultural biodiversity is under threat again.
GM Freeze in consultation plea
GM Freeze in consultation plea. Let’s have some proper thought on GM contamination in the EU.
Not too late to protect the future
Not too late to protect the future – the organic role
On being organic and “anti-normal”
On being organic and “anti-normal”
Grabbing back control
Grabbing back control – The Cirencester Conference 2006
Why Beyond Organics ?
There can be no doubt that the state of our planet’s environment, the health; the economic and social plight of peoples in all parts of the world is far more parlous than it was 25 years ago. The warning from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board in their 2005 report puts it succinctly…
Bluetongue is here
Bluetongue in Suffolk declared outbreak by Defra vets
High price of not being organic
Pesticide catastrophed in Caribbean
Global meat risk
Global meat production heightens global disease risk, says FAO.
Doing the job properly
Doing the job properly is a new publication from The Organic Research Centre
Global rethink on biofuels
Global rethink on biofuels urged by FAO chief
The challenge of cutting energy use on organic farms
It’s all rather circular – farms both produce and consume energy. Much recent attention has been focused on farm-sourced biofuels, but a recent Soil Association conference reminded us that farms themselves are major energy consumers.
GM crop policy farce
Defra stalls on coexistence policy for GM crops