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OPER8 webinar #5 – Cultural control solutions for weed and soil management
This OPER8 webinar focused on cultural weed controls and mulching solutions and featured ORC’s Matt Smee
Designing your agroforestry system with the FarmTree Tool. A case study from the UK
This ReForest webinar covered the practical application of the FarmTree Tool within the UK Living Lab at Cockle Park farm
Re-Livestock – Animal Welfare Interview with Lindsay Whistance
Senior Livestock Researcher Lindsay Whistance shares her insights into the link between animal welfare and resilience in livestock farming
Diversifying our approach to cereal breeding with plant populations
This Research webinar gives an overview of current research on plant populations, what this approach can offer, what we still need to understand and how we might get policymakers to support wider use of such genetically diverse cereals.
The Challenges of Breeding the Best Varieties for Regenerative Agriculture – Groundswell 2022
Speakers: Dr Phil Howell, Dr Stéphanie Swarbreck & Dr Ambrogio Costanzo
How can plant breeding and variety selection help regen ag? What are the challenges for breeders and how can they be overcome?
The End is Nigh, The End of Nitrogen—Groundswell 2022
Nitrogen: With rising costs, growing limited availability, and a well-documented impact on the environment, farmers want to reduce the use, but can the sector facilitate, adapt to, and support this move?
What will it take for Agroforestry to become commonplace on English farms? – Groundswell 2022
The partners on the panel will pose questions on topics such as tenure, training, and permanency of trees.
BBC Countryfile on ‘regenerative farming’
Like so many farmers across the UK, Countryfile presenter Adam Henson is facing a dilemma. In the face of pressure to go green, how can you change your farming habits and still pay the bills?
ORC at the Northern Real Farming Conference – no till with living mulches
Workshop hosted by the Soil Association, featuring ORC’s Dominic Amos
ORC at the Northern Real Farming Conference – agroforestry
How can agroforestry contribute towards climate change mitigation? Discussion hosted by the Organic Research Centre
Agroforestry in the Uplands
The Soil Association have just released a new short film Agroforestry in the Uplands which focuses on why trees and hedgerows on upland farms are good for livestock, the environment, biodiversity, soil health and the bottom line.
What farmers have learnt from the living mulch field lab
Living mulches offer a way to build fertility without tillage or synthetic inputs, while sequestering more carbon and cutting costs. But can they be achieved without a significant yield penalty?
Growing Beyond Monoculture
As part of the EU Horizon 2020 research project DIVERSify, researchers have been working on investigating the viability of species mixture cropping as an alternative to crop monoculture.
Rotational grazing for organic pregnant sows to replace protein components (OK-Net Ecofeed Video)
Rotational grazing for organic pregnant sows to replace protein components (OK-Net Ecofeed Video)
Feeding organic laying hens with insects (OK-Net EcoFeed Video)
Feeding organic laying hens with insects (OK-Net EcoFeed Video)
iSAGE Italian case study
Two Italian case studies within the iSAGE project: first, the innovative Poli goats Farm in Rovigo, and then the Brogna sheep breed from the Lessinia mountains
Coping Strategies for Livestock Farmers under Climate Change - Forage Crops
Agricology video from The UK Organic Congress 2018
Coping Strategies for Livestock Farmers under Climate Change - Diverse Leys
Agricology video from The UK Organic Congress 2018
Public engagement—Routes to Future Success
Agricology video from The UK Organic Congress 2018