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.

In this guest blog post, River from Pemboa Flowers invites us to rethink the role of cut flowers as a vital part of any biodiverse, low-impact, and financially resilient farming system.

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.

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....

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...

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.

The Organic Research Centre (ORC) is taking part in the Big Give Green Match Fund 2023 to raise £20,000 in just 1 week! These funds will go towards ORC’s ‘The Importance of Hedgerows’ appeal.

RSPB and FarmWildlife's Richard Winspear writes about 6 key areas of farm management that focus on restoring nature to make farming more profitable, productive & resilient to the big food production challenges we face.

Christine Watson asks what we can do to produce more grain legumes in the UK, and why there is a difference in yield between those grown on-farm and the potential yield of those crops grown under ideal conditions...

"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."

ORC joins the Countryside Charity in seizing the initiative and campaigning for the government to increase UK hedgerows by 40% in line with recent recommendations made by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) 2018 report - 'Land Use: reducing emissions and preparing for climate change.'