When vetch is grown as a winter green manure it is common practice to break the crop down and mix it into the topsoil. As it decomposes vetch releases toxic compounds…
Compost – it’s an evocative word and if it isn’t it should be. Put more mundanely compost is…
The soil beneath our feet is something many of us take for granted yet it is a precious resource that is absolutely crucial for…
We have done it, will you?
The series of IOTA Technical Leaflets provides a summary of the key practical farming recommendations arising from organic research…
Good news at last for hard pressed egg producers – organic or otherwise. A University of Surrey team has declared that most people can eat as many eggs as they want without damaging their health. The researchers analysed…
This summer at The Organic Research Centre we are very pleased to announce…
ORW secures funds to provide better Organic Business Links
The Welsh Assembly Government has announced the opening of an Organic Farming Conversion Scheme. Farmers will be able to apply to join the scheme between 15 September 2009 and 30 September 2009.
There have been warnings this week from business leaders against complacency about swine flu. Although the UK’s Chief Medical Officer has …