Organic Farming and Biodiversity
New report highlights benefits of organic farming for biodiversity
Working for a Citizen’s Agricultural Policy for Scotland
Presentation at 11th Organic Producers’ Conference: Rising to the challenge
Organic farming’s role in future food and farming policy
Agricology video from 11th Organic Producers Conference: ‘Rising to the Challenge’.
Birds, bugs and bees: how organic farming benefits nature
Presentation at 11th Organic Producers’ Conference: Rising to the challenge
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
Land-use intensity and the effects of organic farming on biodiversity: a hierarchical meta-analysis
This paper provides more evidence for the biodiversity benefits of organic farming using a meta-analysis of 94 studies
EkoSeedForum ends with encouraging results - 150 participants from 21 countries discussed in Poznan on organic plant breeding and organic seed
European conference on organic seed, organic plant breeding and agro-biodiversity
The challenge of sustainable food production from a grower’s perspective
Presentation at 8th Organic producers’ Conference: Intensive sustainability or sustainable intensification – which way forward for organic farming?
Wakelyns Phenology Record 2013
This is a species list and phenological record focused around Wakelyns.
The nature of dairy farming
Presentation at 7th Organic Producers’ Conference: Making producer-led innovation a reality
Report on Soil conditions and Earthworms between Organic Arable and Organic Agroforestry Systems
A comparison of soil conditions and earthworm biodiversity in an organic arable and two organic agroforestry systems at Wakelyns
Wakelyns Biodiversity Assessment 2010
Biodiversity assessment includes presence and absence of red listed birds, butterdlies and mammals
List of Bird and Butterfly Species Observed at Wakelyns from 2007 to 2010
Informal but not exhaustive list of birds and butterflies observed at Wakelyns between 2007 and 2010
Bird Survey Results 2010
This list includes all birds seen during the RSPB Volunteer & Farmer Alliance Surveys carried out during the 2010 breeding season.
Wakelyns Biodiversity Assessment 2009
Biodiversity assessments including presence or absence of important species benefiting from current agricultural landscape biodiversity, red list birds, butterflies and mammals
Wildlife and biodiversity: integration and management of farming and wildlife for their mutual benefit
This review looks at a wide range of research, much of it focused on the wildlife impact of organic farming and draws out key practices which can benefit both the wildlife and farm productivity.
Wakelyns Plant and Bird Species List 2004
Informal list of plant (trees and shrubs) and birds observed at Wakelyns in 2004