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Plants and planting designs for organic poultry ranges

The booklet, translated from the original Danish by Lindsay Whistance, as part of the OK-Net Ecofeed project, focuses on designing free-range areas for laying hens in order to: Increase the farmer's satisfaction in his/her work;Improve…
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Assessing the sustainability of sheep and goat farms in Europe

The original Public Goods tool (PGT) was designed by ORC as an on-farm assessment tool for monitoring public good delivery and sustainable practices. It incorporated 11 themes representing holistic sustainability, with each theme containing a…
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Sustainable farming is vital for wildlife

Talk of rewilding and corridors for insects is all well and good, but what we do with our farmland is more important Mark Measures' (ORC Senior Adviser) letter addressing the need for integrating wildlife management…
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Agroforestry, Agroecology and Organic Farming in the Ag Bill

Agriculture Bill debates on Agroecology, Agroforestry, Organic farming and Soil Health in the House of Lords The Agriculture Bill is currently going through the Committee Stage in the House of Lords. Debates on the 9th…
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Farming Opportunity

The Perdix Partnership have a client who is looking to start a joint venture on his 800 acres farm in Warwickshire UK, it has been a arable farm intensively farmed for many years but he…
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Organic World Congress 2021

New date! Postponed from September 2020

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Land sharing and sparing

OF&G and Agricology webinar

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OF&G National Organic Combinable Crops 2020

Know your soils and know your sales: organic min-till and non-organic no-till webinar

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Intercropping in Arable Systems

Agricology Virtual Field Day

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Environmental Land Management: consultation reopens

Make your voice heard on Defra's new proposals for Environmental Land Management Defra have reopened the Environmental Land Management (ELM) Policy Discussion Document (PDD) on CitizenSpace. The PDD sets out Defra's initial thinking for ELM…
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Benefits and challenges of herbal or diverse leys

Opportunities for farmer involvement

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New resources from OK-Net Ecofeed

New Practice Abstracts and videos

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The importance of our local sheep breeds

How do we encourage people to value heritage breeds?

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GM wheat trial fails

Wheat trial failure confirms folly of GM’s sticking plaster approach

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Living mulches: The holy grail of no till?

Field lab featured on BBC Farming Today

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Are organic options being side-lined by Defra?

Is the government ignoring the value of ‘public goods’ in organic farming?

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UK pesticide standards could be slashed in new trade deals

Threat to public health and the environment

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Share your views about Organic Farm Knowledge!

Do you know the online platform Organic Farm Knowledge? We would like to hear from you what you think about it!

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Mycorrhiza as green alternative for mineral fertilisers

German Operational Group investigates effective application of Mycorrhiza in the field

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Seeds and deeds

Collective plant breeding for reduced input farming

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Farmer and growers - what soil inputs do you use?

Survey as part of the Woodchip for fertile soils project

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Farming for nature pays off for organic Wimpole

Nature and soil health are flourishing at the National Trust’s organic farm

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Organic Farm Knowledge webinar

Help improve the platform by participating in webinar.

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USA farm antibiotic use: a threat to UK standards?

US livestock receive more than five times as many antibiotics as British livestock

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