Tag: Agroforestry

Seeing the wood for the trees at Wakelyns

New Wakelyns Tree Management Booklet highlights the challenges and changes in tree management over the years.

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Does agroforestry really increase biodiversity?

Colin Tosh went to the Euopean Agroforestry Federation 2026 conference to find the latest research on what agroforestry actually does for biodiversity

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Growing Grains: Farm, Health and Local Food Networks

Visit Fraser Farms to explore regenerative organic farming, local grain networks and links with human health.

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Understanding motivations for agroforestry maintenance and adoption: a comparative analysis in Europe

A new paper from the AGROMIX project, led by Maria Raimondo with ORC’s Rowan Dumper-Pollard cited as a co-author, looks at what influences farmers’ decisions to adopt and maintain agroforestry.

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How trees protect arable crops from climate change

Agroforestry is predicted to protect English arable crops from climate change, but Colin Tosh suggests that the reason why may surprise you

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Strengthening the resilience of upland livestock farming through agroforestry

Gowbarrow Hall Farm secures ADOPT funding for upland agroforestry innovation, with ORC as research partner

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Agroforestry Open Weekend at Wakelyns 2026

Report from the recent Agroforestry Open Weekend at Wakelyns

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Where there’s a Will there’s a way

We say goodbye and thank you to Will Simonson who has had a huge impact on ORC and UK agroforestry over the last five and a half years

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Farmers are tree health heroes!

Blog from Berglind Karlsdóttir at Forest Research on the Farmer action for tree resilience project

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Weather Wise Farming: for livestock health and welfare

Nature Friendly Farming Network and Woodland Trust partnered webinar with ORC’s Lindsay Whistance

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New 2026 version – Wakelyns Agroforestry: Resilience through diversity

This revised edition of Resilience Through Diversity celebrates the work of Martin and Ann Wolfe with ORC includes updates to the evolving community of stacked enterprises at Wakelyns.

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How to make farms tree-friendly and boost food production

New research from the Universiy of Reading with ORC’s Colin Tosh found that a key barrier to adopting agroforestry is that farmers don’t have the knowledge needed to implement and manage it.

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Digital innovation for scaling agroforestry – webinar recording

Recent ReForest webinar showcased how advanced decision-support tools are reshaping how agroforestry is designed, assessed, and financed

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Agroforestry Open Weekend 2026

The Agroforestry Open Weekend – celebrating the growing global community of agroforestry farms and farming

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EURAF 2026: 8th European Agroforestry Conference

EURAF 2026, the biggest agroforestry conference in Europe, will take place on June 22–26 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Save the date. Call for abstracts is open.

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New approaches to agroforestry training from around the world

Join the Farm Woodland Forum webinar to explore global agroforestry training tips and tricks we can all learn from

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Biochar Making Course

Learn about biochar production at different scales, and effective inoculation, with Peni Ediker at Wakelyns

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Digital innovation for scaling agroforestry

Join ReForest for an interactive webinar to discover how digital tools can simplify agroforestry decision-making, improve efficiency, and increase economic transparency.

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Agroforestry as a viable business

Join this ReForest webinar to discover how agroforestry can work as a profitable, scalable business model across industries.

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ReForest Toolbox for Agroforestry

The ReForest Toolbox including PG Tool will help to steer your agroforestry journey by pointing you to real-world case studies, resources in the Knowledge Hub and digital tools

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Strawberry Growing Workshop

Organic strawberry growing Masterclass with Iain Tolhurst MBE

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Agroforestry and its benefits for livestock health and welfare

NFFN webinar led by ORC’s Lindsay Whistance looks at the many benefits trees can bring to livestock systems

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Rootstock 2026

ORC’s Lindsay Whistance will be speaking at this one-day conference for South West farmers on resilient, profitable, regenerative farming

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Silvopasture Co-design at Agroforestry Show with Brackenhill Farm

Working with Tom Newbury from Brackenhill Farm near Tebay we hosted the second Living Lab Co-design workshop at the Agroforestry Show in September.

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