Strip-tillage in horticulture
Join Innovative Farmers for a farm walk and workshop at Abbey Home Farm exploring management techniques as part of a strip till system for soil health and fertility building
ORC at the Organic Growers Gathering
A report from the Organic Growers Gathering held at Tolhurst Organic in Ocober
ORC at the National Organic Conference
Report from OF&G’s National Organic Conference which took place at Mark Lea’s Green Acres Farm in Shropshire on the 4th July 2023.
ORC 2023 Research Summary
Read our 2023 Research Summary which outlines the 22 projects ORC worked on in 2021/22 advancing research and knowledge exchange in the organic and agroecological sector
Living mulches network day
Join The Organic Research Centre for the Living Mulches Network Day at Mark Lea’s Green Acres Farm in Shropshire on Wednesday 3 May
Living mulches: get involved!
Would you like to be involved in an on-farm field trial exploring living mulches: direct drilling cash crops into (semi)-permanent established stands of clover?
Reducing artificial inputs
At this years Agronomists’ Conference on December 6th ORC’s Henny Lowth gave a presentation on ‘Reducing artificial inputs’ which covered ORC’s work on living mulches in the Innovative Farmers field lab sponsored by AHDB, and the LiveWheat project.
ORC Bulletin 137 on its way!
The Autumn issue of the ORC Bulletin (137) has mailed out! The Summer 2022 issue (No.136) is now available for free download.
Farmer-led research gets Royal backing
The Duke of Cornwall joined 150 people in Cornwall on Tuesday 19 July as they celebrated a “remarkable” 10 years of farmer-led research with the Innovative Farmers network.
ORC Bulletin 136 on its way!
The Summer issue of the ORC Bulletin (136) has mailed out! The Spring 2022 issue (No.135) is now available for free download.