An impressive gathering of farmers, producers and advisers (over 180 in total) assembled at the Organic Research Centre Producer Conference 2009 at Harper Adams University in Shropshire – January 6th and 7th – to discuss a range of technical and policy matters
MEPs have voted in the European Parliament to tighten the EU rules on pesticide use…
A national campaign for Real Bread in the UK has been launched by the environment alliance Sustain, of which the Organic Research Centre (ORC) is a member
SA looks at light touch regime for growers.
Natural England promotes FREE advice service.
PAN report on shocking levels of pesticide residue in EU food.
Comment from ORC on idea of organic holidays
New EU organic road map.
Some batches of organic oats being sold in the UK have been found to contain one or both of the pesticide ingredients chlormequat and glyphosate