Agricology Blog

We were delighted to take part and attend (in-person and on-line) the Oxford Real Farming Conference a couple of weeks ago. Ever inspiring, we thought we’d give you some of our reflections along with some useful resource recommendations that were highlighted in the sessions that we attended…

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...

Agricology were thrilled to take part in Northern Ireland’s first regenerative agriculture festival, which took place at the Sheddings, a beautiful venue that forms part of the Glenarm Estate in County Antrim...

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...

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.

Wakelyns' David Wolfe invites you to visit the farms in the UK and Ireland celebrating their agroforestry planting over the course of the open weekend.

Matt Smee reports back from attending an event intended to help make steps towards a practical incarnation of RASE’s 2022 report 'Farm of the Future: Journey to Net Zero.'

Steven Jacobs reflects on the importance of building seed breeding programmes that offer more genetic diversity and greater grower control than those currently dominating the plant breeding industry in a blog inspired by a recent seed legislation workshop with The Gaia Foundation.

ORC's Charlotte Bickler shares some of the opportunities available for farmers in the north of England and Scotland...

"We set out to create some easy to follow but detailed resources that would help farmers, growers and other land managers to increase their use of nature-based Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - no matter where on this journey they currently are. This blog highlights what’s in these resources, and where people can go to find them."

A pioneering on-farm conference focusing on soil health is gearing up for its launch on a Cumbrian farm this summer (June 25th-26th). Carbon Calling is a knowledge exchange initiative created by farmers to promote discussion among livestock and food producers, and help them address climate, biodiversity, societal and food security issues.

Since its launch in 2015 in a climate of growing uncertainty about food security, the state of natural resources, climate change and nutritional availability in the UK, Agricology has provided a platform for sharing practical information on ecological farming techniques to enable more resilient and productive farming.