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Iain Tolhurst awarded MBE for Services to Agriculture

Many congratulations to long-standing organic grower Iain Tolhurst who has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list with the award of Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to agriculture.

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National Organic Conference line-up to showcase organic food and farming in action

On 4 July in Shropshire, the National Organic Conference (NOC) 2023, run by Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G), will let visitors see organic food and farming in action and showcase what the sector delivers for the organic market and the environment, domestically and on a global scale.

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Finalists Announced for the Organic Research Centre’s Young Organic Farmer/Grower of the Year Award 2022/23 

A strong field of nominees for this year’s award has been whittled down to three finalists. 

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Agroforestry experts needed: Climate Change Resilience in Agroforestry Systems

AGROMIX project survey. Agroforestry experts needed to gather insights on climate change resilience in agroforestry systems.

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Sort Out Your Soil

FarmED event with Anton Rosenfeld from Garden Organic, and the Cotswold Seeds team to show how green manures and cover crops can boost the fertility of your soil.

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Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe

A new collaborative study published in the Journal PNAS finds that agricultural intensification, in particular pesticides and fertiliser use, is the main pressure for most bird population declines, especially for invertebrate feeders.

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Organic farming student seeks work experience

Italian organic/biodynamic farming student seeks work experience on UK farm.

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Farm Woodland Forum: Annual Meeting 2023

This year’s Farm Woodland Forum face-to-face meeting will be held over 2 days in Co. Antrim, with theme of ‘Trees on stock farms for climate resilience’

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Groundswell 2023

Come and join ORC at the Regenerative Agriculture Show and Conference in Hertfordshire

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New Northumberland Farmer Network

The Farmer Network have recently been awarded funding from the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund to develop a new Northumberland Farmer Network over the next 5 years. They are now advertising for the role of Project Manager/Coordinator

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