Pesticides and the climate crisis: a vicious cycle
26th Jul 2023
A new report published by The Pesticide Action Network (PAN UK) / The Pesticide Collaboration (includes ORC) calls for the UK Government to reduce the contribution of pesticides to greenhouse gas emissions and improve the climate resilience of food and farming systems.
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Cornwall Agroecology Meet-up: Community, diversity and seeds
3rd Mar 2022
Local social to bring together people from our local agroecology community; to connect, share ideas and seeds! Building on interest from the Landworkers Alliance Winter Social in December and Kernow Real Farming Conference in January…
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2nd Climate-smart and resilient farming webinar: let's talk about Resilience in Agricultural Landscapes!
27th Oct 2021
On 10th of November 2021 the three research projects funded under the EU Horizon 2020 call on climate-smart and resilient farming (LC-SFS-19-2018-2019): MIXED, STARGATE, and AGROMIX will meet again to discuss about Resilience in Agricultural…
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Organic Agriculture at the Heart of Agroecological Transition - call for submissions
27th May 2021
ORC's Ambrogio Costanzo is a guest co-editor of a forthcoming special issue of Agronomy entitled Organic Agriculture at the Heart of Agroecological Transition. The deadline for manuscript submissions is 15 September 2021. "Agroecological transition is…
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The organic route to a resilient future
9th Apr 2021
An article by ORC's Head of Research Will Simonson has been included in the March/April edition of e-law, published by UKELA (United Kingdom Environmental Law Association) as part of an issue focusing on the Agriculture…
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New ORC podcast to celebrate 40 years of organic research
22nd Feb 2021
For forty years the ORC has been pushing the boundaries of research and development of practical and sustainable organic farming methods in the UK. Last month we announced a dedicated 40th anniversary page had been…
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Agroforestry, Agroecology and Organic Farming in the Ag Bill
21st Jul 2020
Agriculture Bill debates on Agroecology, Agroforestry, Organic farming and Soil Health in the House of Lords The Agriculture Bill is currently going through the Committee Stage in the House of Lords. Debates on the 9th…
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Ecologists Review Evidence on Environmental Benefits of Organic
6th Aug 2011
The increasing evidence that organic farming has benefits for biodiversity and the delivery of ecosystem services was under the spotlight at a recent joint meeting of the Organic Research Centre (ORC) and the British Ecological Society (BES).
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