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Wonderful woodchip!

Workshop report on practical uses of woodchip in organic horticultural systems

Hedgerow survey volunteers needed

Enthusiasm, boots and natural history knowledge required!

Farewell to Sally Westaway

This week we say goodbye to the wonderful Sally Westaway. Sally has worked within the ORC’s agroforestry team on a range of projects since 2013. The last 7 years have been so much fun and she’s contributed hugely to the world of woodchip, woodfuel, agroforestry, hedges and organic farming. She led an EIP Operational Group looking at using woodchip for soil health as one method of integrating trees and hedges into farms. She is the ...

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Forest gardens – an experiment in horticulture based on woodland complexity

Presentation at 8th Organic producers' Conference: Intensive sustainability or sustainable intensification - which way forward for organic farming?

Addressing the skills gap: the SWARM project

Presentation at 8th Organic producers' Conference: Intensive sustainability or sustainable intensification - which way forward for organic farming?

Building soil carbon at Hardwick – an interaction with biodiversity

Presentation at 10th Organic Producers' Conference. Common ground: agroecology, food sovereignty and organic farming in practice

Coping Strategies for Livestock Farmers under Climate Change - Diverse Leys

Agricology video from The UK Organic Congress 2018

Wakelyns Agroforestry: Resilience through diversity

Review of the research and evidence gathered at Wakelyns where the late Prof. Martin Wolfe put his theories into practice

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Organic conversion farmer profile - John Pawsey

Going down to the woods tonight – John Pawsey, Shimpling Park Farm Fully certified organic since 2007 When we meet in the farm office, John Pawsey seems at ease with himself and the world. It’s hard to imagine he ever wanted to be anything but a farmer. The opposite is true he says. He comes from a farming family, but grew up with his mum, away from the farm and as a teenager music was ...