ORC and Agricology at ORFC

The 11th annual Oxford Real Farming Conference took place on 8th to 9th January at Oxford Town Hall

Agroecology in Practice

Agricology hosted the Agroecology in Practice Room (Assembly Room) and discussions in the St Aldates room, together with the Pasture Fed livestock Association and the Soil Association. These sessions dug deeper into a range of agroecological practices on a mixture of arable, horticultural and livestock farms, with researchers and farmers sharing their knowledge from experiences in the field.

Watch videos from the Agroecology in Practice sessions in the Playlist below:

Moving towards the production of more agroecological proteins for animal feedstuffs

ORC’s Lindsay Whistance presented in this OK-NET EcoFeed workshop on day two.

Memorial tribute to Martin Wolfe at Oxford Real farming Conference

A memorial to Martin was staged as part of the closing plenary of the Oxford Real Farming Conference at the start of January. ORC’s Bruce Pearce contributed, alongside Mark Lea of Green Acres Farm, Baker Kim Bell, the ORFCs Colin Tudge and Martin’s son David Wolfe. Listen to the tributes in the audio belowand hear David Wolfe on plans to continue with Wakelyns as a hub for people to learn about agroforestry and nature friendly farming.

See the full video, audio and presentation archive https://orfc.org.uk/archive-2020/

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