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6 steps to successful field experimentation
In this video, Anja Vieweger, Senior Crops researcher from the Organic Research Centre, Newbury, UK, outlines Six Steps to Successful Field Experimentation.
Tolly’s agroforestry
Iain Tolhurst, affectionately known as Tolly, runs Tolhurst Organic, one of the longest running organic vegetable farms in England. The farm is just under 20 acres. Tolly has recently developed an agroforestry system on one of his fields. In this video, Tolly describes this innovation, progress to date and his hopes for the future.
Prof. Nic Lampkin: Organic is more than regulations
Prof. Nic Lampkin is Executive Director of the UK based Organic Research Centre, Elm Farm. In his presentation at the IFOAM EU Congress in Tallinn he talked about the roots of the organic movement and what that means for today. Especially what the new EU Organic Regualtion should take into account.
Vital veg – agroforestry and veg production in NE Scotland
Wendy Seel of Vital Veg in North East Scotland talks about her passion for trees and why she has planted shelter belts, hedges and agroforestry strips on her organic horticultural holding. It protects her young vegetable transplants form wind and helps, establishment and provides habitat for beneficial insects.The trees will also provide additional income in terms of rowan berries and elderflower/berries for processing. She explains the benefits and the downsides, in terms of extra management needed, plus the help she has received from the Woodland Trust.
Dave Chapman: keeping organic in the soil
Dave Chapman of Long Wind Farm, Vermont appears in a short film about his experience of mounting an opposition to the present organic certification in the USA that has been certifying soil less organic production systems. The film was recorded for the OGA workshop at ORC’s Organic Producers’ Conference at Aston University, Birmingham UK on 2nd February 2017. The campaign culminated in late October 2016 with a Rally in the Valley, which started at his farm and ended at Cedar Circle Farm, another Vermont Organic grower’s holding. The rally attracted over 250 people including 100 organic growers passionate to keep the soil in organic. Speakers on the day included congressman Peter Welsh and Senator Patrick Leahy one of the original sponsors of the organic food production act.