Agricology Blog

Planning your Groundwell itinerary can feel like an impossible task! We highlight some of the 2025 we think you won't want to miss.

This Agricology on-farm event brought together farmers, researchers and advisors in Yorkshire to explore a holistic approach to organic agriculture rooted in ecology, biodiversity, and community.

Bill Grayson shares his thoughts on Marianne Landzettel's new book, The Sustainable Meat Challenge: How to graze cattle, slaughter humanely and stay profitable.

We share some key learnings from the Farmers Weekly Transition Live event – a day filled with engaging panel discussions, farm walks, and insights into cutting-edge research and technology.

On March 18th 2025, the ReForest North of England Living Lab held a coppicing workshop at Sleastonhow Farm in Cumbria, which included a farm walk and an opportunity to see and discuss wood pasture, hedgerow and woodland management.

As the facilitator of the 'Experts in Your Field' project, I've witnessed first-hand how small-scale farmers are reclaiming their rightful place at the helm of agroecological research, with findings that could transform how we approach farming's biggest challenges....

While there is lots of information to be found if you look in the right places or speak to the right people, there is a need to pool it together and make it more accessible. This is what this book by Andy Dibben and Ben Raskin does so brilliantly...

Lindsay Whistance from the Organic Research Centre blogs about a collaborative project aimed at enhancing our understanding of the effects of shelterbelts.

Janie Caldbeck and ORC colleagues report back from the EURAF 2024 conference in Brno in the Czech Republic; abuzz with researchers from all over Europe presenting research outputs, along with some interesting talks from farmers...

ORC's Christian Gossel writes about the Farm Woodland Forum Annual Meeting - a place to meet UK agroforestry experts, hear groundbreaking research, and visit established sites.

"Up until now, few studies have evaluated the effect of agroforestry on bird diversity in farmland systems. This was the gap we aimed to fill with our study, which was part of the AGROMIX project..."

Three of civilisation’s great current obsessions; Artificial Intelligence (AI), carbon, and biodiversity loss are a focus of one part of the EU-funded REFOREST project that the agroforestry ORC team are currently working on.