Agricology Blog

Agricology highlight the ORFC 2025 sessions they will be involved in, along with some top picks from the in-person and on-line programme.

We know that on farm demonstration and the communication of farmers’ experience has a unique role in improving food system resilience

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...

Rural commentator Rob Yorke explains what can be expected from the sessions he will be facilitating at Carbon Calling 2024...

Farmers talking to farmers is what Carbon Calling is all about; sharing, listening and inspiring.

Come along to ‘The Study’ at Groundswell, where a varied and stimulating range of talks combining science, education and farming await...

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.

After a couple of days let up from the seemingly never-ending rain, we visited Treflach farm on the Welsh / Shropshire border on 8th March 2024, for a Pasture for Life (PfL) field day about bale grazing and overwintering strategies.

"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..."

Phil Sumption picks out some of the ORFC 2024 highlights that shine a light on farmers and growers transitioning to more sustainable and resilient farming systems.