Tag: horticulture

The importance of the soil for consistent quality crop production

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

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Horticultural costings tool for small-scale growers

Making financial data ‘fit for purpose’ for small-scale growers was the mission we set ourselves as part of Organic Centre Wales’s BOBL (Better Organic Business Links) project.

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Profitable fruit and vegetable production

Presentation at 9th Organic Producers’ Conference: Practical research and innovation – diversity in practice

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Financing a growing opportunity – a banks perspective

Presentation at 9th Organic Producers’ Conference: Practical research and innovation – diversity in practice

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Setting up a cooperative share farming business

Presentation at 9th Organic Producers’ Conference: Practical research and innovation – diversity in practice

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Setting up an urban farm in Dagenham – the benefits and shortfalls

Presentation at 9th Organic Producers’ Conference: Practical research and innovation – diversity in practice

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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?

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Biodiversity and choice under threat from proposed EU Seed and Plant Directive

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

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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?

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Challenges and benefits of organic production from a grower’s perspective

Presentation at 7th Organic Producers’ Conference: Making producer-led innovation a reality

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Controlling pests and diseases in organic field vegetables

This review provides a summary and analysis of the most recent research on pest and disease control in organic field vegetables. Recognising that organic farming involves a whole systems approach it focuses on: Management (forecasting, seed treatments) and rotations to prevent pests and diseases, varieties and breeding for organic systems, products being developed for organic systems, biological control measures (fungi, compost, biofumigants), other strategies (predator support, distractants) and potential for new products.

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