Tag: Agroforestry

Join Innovative Farmers for the latest feeding willow to livestock network webinar.

New study showed bat activity and foraging success was highest in grazed but not arable agroforestry systems and tree age contributed strongly to habitat value.

This has been another action-packed year for ORC, marked by a wealth of activity that has broadened our networks and opened up significant opportunities.

Defra has paused applications for new capital grants for agroforestry due to overwhelming demand.

The Nature Friendly Farming Network and Woodland Trust are hosting a follow-up webinar to the very popular Groundswell session looking at how dairy farms are planning for extreme weather events.

Three new factsheets have been produced by the Woodland Trust with the help of ORC’s Lindsay Whistance.

ORC’s Principal Agroforestry Researcher, Will Simonson reflects on the achievements of the AGROMIX project as it comes to an end.

Watch this Pasture for Life webinar for a deep dive into the ReForest Project and an exploration of agroforestry’s potential to contribute towards UK food system sustainability.

AGROMIX has published a white paper, “Transforming European Food Systems with Agroforestry”, outlining five key policy recommendations

New paper from Agromix project suggests that silvoarable researchers should be focusing on how trees impact plant pathogen dynamics

Join Tom Staton of Reading University and Will Simonson of the Organic Research Centre for a review of the latest findings from the REFOREST project, a 4-year European-wide project looking at interventions to improve the uptake of agroforestry on farms.

Join FiBL researchers from all over Europe for this virtual open day exploring the latest developments in organic research

Insights from the Perennial Green Manures project: an innovative approach to fertilising cropland

Free UK Treescapes webinar with Dr Amelia Hood discussing the future of UK Agroforestry on 18 Sep at 1 pm.

The challenges and opportunities of balancing livestock and trees in the North of England.

We unpick Defra’s recent updates to the Sustainable Farming Incentive with the implications for agroforestry

ORC highlights from Groundswell 2024 including agroforestry, Wakelyns 30 years celebration, living mulches and regen ag research priorities

ORC’s Christian Gossel reports back on the key messages from the 38th annual meeting of the Farm Woodland Forum

ORC will be at Carbon Calling 2-4 August in Cumbria running a workshop ‘Trees and Livestock: a balancing act’

Save the date for the second Agroforestry Show with The Woodland Trust and the Soil Association at Woodoaks Farm in Hertfordshire

Researchers from ORC recently attended the European Agroforestry Federation Conference in Brno

ReForest webinar for farmers, advisors, researchers, policymakers, and others on the practical applications of the FarmTree Tool

ORC were at Wakelyns – the home of agroforestry – for the Agroforestry Open Weekend and report on recent developments.

Interested in agroforestry? Come along to our free Agroforestry Design Clinic at Groundswell and get advice from the experts.