Resources

Briefings

Wakelyns Agroforestry: Resilience through diversity

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

WHY ORGANIC

CONTRIBUTING PRODUCTIVELY TO FUTURE FARMING AND FOOD POLICY

Preparing the Evidence Base for Post-Brexit agriculture in Scotland – Case studies on alternative payments

Using case studies, this study makes a comparison of current agricultural support with alternative proposals for rewarding farmers for the delivery of environmental public goods.

Transition to agroecological approaches – The Lakes Free Range Egg Co Ltd, Cumbria, Lake District

David Brass took over the beef and sheep farm from his father in 1989. A year later,
his wife Helen introduced layers. In a move to further refine the farming operation, they
planted woodland and hedges, and the farm started to produce woodland eggs. An
organic enterprise was added more recently to meet the growing demand for organic
eggs.

Transition to agroecological approaches – Home Farm, Screveton, Nottinghamshire

The farm has been in the family since 1933. Prior to transition, David Rose found himself questioning the intensive way of farming on the arable farm and began looking for alternative approaches.

Trees and livestock

Farm Woodland Forum Annual Meeting at GWCT Allerton Project, Loddington, Leicestershire

Agroforestry design workshop for growers

Agroforestry design workshop for Growers: 9 August 2018 at Wakelyns Agroforestry, Suffolk

Agroforestry design for livestock and arable farmers

Workshop report from David Rose’s Farm

The UK Agroforestry Network workshops

Jan/Feb 2018 agroforestry workshop summaries

Response to Defra consultation - Health and Harmony: The Future of Food, Farming and the Environment in a Green Brexit

The EOF welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the debate about the future of agricultural and environmental policy in England and the UK. The organic sector supports Defra’s ambition for a policy that delivers the highest standards, one where the delivery of environmental, health and other public goods is very much centre stage, closely integrated with sustainable food production.

Agroforestry for growers

Workshop report: 19th September 2017 – Tolhurst Organics, Whitchurch on Thames, Berkshire