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Overcoming barriers to crop diversification uptake in Europe: A mini review

Review shows that addressing barriers to crop diversification by farmers requires a simultaneous and coordinated approach.

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Organic arable crop yield survey

Please help us improve the reliability of the Organic Farm Management Handbook data by supplying your arable crop results from last harvest.

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Research Webinar: Diversifying our approach to cereal breeding with plant populations

Watch this ORC webinar for an overview of current research on plant populations, what this approach can offer, what we still need to understand and how we might get policy-makers to support wider use of such genetically diverse cereals.

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Farewell and thanks to Roger Kerr

We say a heartfelt thanks to Roger Kerr, who has stepped down as an ORC trustee, for all his time and hard work over the last four years and continued support of the ORC. We…
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North of England Agroforestry Living Lab

The Organic Research Centre and the EU Horizon Europe-funded REFOREST project are looking for agroforestry farmers and stakeholders to be part of the North of England Living Lab.

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Scientific study shows synthetic pesticides significantly more dangerous than natural ones

More organic farming means less pesticide use and risk

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The Scottish Real Bread Festival 2023

Come to Bowhouse for a brand new festival celebrating all things Real Bread, packed with workshops, talks, hands-on activity and the results of the 2023 Scottish Bread Championship.

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European organic farmland and market continued to grow in 2021

Increasing by almost 4%, the European organic market reached another high in 2021: 54.5 billion euros. Organic farmland expanded by almost 0.8 m ha.

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Diversifying our approach to cereal breeding with plant populations

This webinar aims to give an overview of current research on plant populations, what this approach can offer, what we still need to understand and how we might get policymakers to support wider use of such genetically diverse cereals.

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Organic Hop Varieties field lab two year report

The Second year of results from the organic hops field lab are now available to read. This field lab aims to help organic and low-input hop growers find suitable varieties of hops for organic farming. 

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