Technical Guides

This release presents estimates of the land area farmed organically, crop areas, livestock numbers and numbers of organic producers and processors in the United Kingdom.

SME Organics publishes resource manual on the development, implementation and evaluation of Organic Action Plans for the organic food and farming sector

The overall goal of DiverIMPACTS is to promote the diversification of cropping systems, with the aim to improve productivity, help deliver ecosystem services, and support

As part of the AGFORWARD project a range of leaflets have been produced on various innovations and best practice across Europe.

The booklet was produced by FiBL and the English version was adapted by ORC, as part of the OK-NET Arable project. The strategy presented in this Technical Guides builds on measures to prevent the (further ) establishment of dock plants. Depending on the level of dock infestation, different techniques are recommended for removing and suppressing established docks.

A new factsheet has been produced by the DIVERSIFOOD project

Annual statistics about the UK organic farming sector.

The booklet was produced by FiBL and the English version was adapted by ORC, as part of the OK-NET Arable project. This guide provides a good basis for achieving high-quality potatoes.

PROJECT FINAL REPORT OSCAR

A digital handbook for farmers and advisors on various aspects  of low-input and organic dairy farming is one of the most important outcomes of the SOLID project .

This review of ORC’s activities covers two years, 2014 and 2015. We are pleased that this period saw improvement in the recognition given to organic/agroecological approaches by practitioners, the food industry, citizens and policy makers. As a reflection of this, ORC, working with the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), was commissioned by Scottish Natural Heritage, on behalf of the Land Use Policy Group of the UK Nature Conservation agen‐ cies, to produce a report on the contribution of agroecology to sus‐ tainable intensification, which was published in spring 2015. Subse‐ quently, Defra has started to reassess the somewhat negative posi‐ tion it had taken to agroforestry in particular.

Further development of methodologies for sustainability assessment and monitoring in organic/ecological agriculture

The 2013 reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the 2014–2020 period aimed to be a flagship initiative for the delivery of more environmental and climate friendly agriculture, encapsulated in the slogan “public money for public goods”.

As part of the GREATSoils project we have produced Which tests to use to assess the health of your soil? – an informative overview of the various tools and methods currently available.

The 2015 Welsh Organic Producer Survey, funded by the Welsh Government, has been published by Organic Centre Wales

English version of FiBL guide adapted by ORC.

English version of FiBL guide adapted by ORC

ORC co-writes new study, presented today to European Parliament

Role of hedgerows in supporting soil biodiversity

Machinery Trials Elm Farm December 2014 & Wakelyns February 2015