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Frog in rushes on Strickley Farm in Cumbria (photo taken by Duncan Elliott)

It's official: Ecosystem security is national security

Vicki Hird responds to the latest UK National Security Assessment report - highlighting the dire risks to society from ignoring environmental harms.

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Agricology Blog

Farmer herds cows down country lane
October 26, 2021
The Prince’s Countryside Fund (PCF) is inviting farm businesses to join our new Farm for the Future programme, which is being delivered virtually and by local Farm Support Groups in 11 areas across England.
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Ariel view of cell grazing plots
October 19, 2021
Article about interesting research exploring the potential and impacts of cell grazing different sward types.
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Delivering Greener Grassland - A Cross-Industry Partnership to Grow Pasture Based Solutions to Climate Change - Courtesy of Will Sibly, LEAF
September 27, 2021
Will Sibly blogs about the Net Zero from Productive Grasslands (NZPG) partnership.
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Call on Government to Increase UK Hedgerow Network by 40% by 2050
September 10, 2021
Rowan Dumper-Pollard writes about the ORC joining 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.
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Bee on thistle
August 25, 2021
Bee keeper John Crocker shares his experience of allowing his bees to lead a natural life.
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Soil biome
July 15, 2021
PhD student put a call out to farmers to fill out a survey designed to help understand the potential of rhizobial inoculants.
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Duxford July 2019 arable wheat. Courtesy of Bangor University
June 22, 2021
A joint industry and Research Council funded project looking at how to reintegrate sheep into arable systems for the improvement of soil quality is seeking help from arable farmers.
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Wild flowers. Courtesy of Colin Wilkinson, RSPB. All Rights Reserved
June 1, 2021
Call out for farmers to take part in a survey relating to IPM.
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CCP spring wheat trials at Wakelyns Agroforestry, July 2016 CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
May 29, 2021
ORC Senior Agroforestry Researcher Colin Tosh reports back from the fifth cross-European conference on agroforestry, EURAF 2021.
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FarmEDagroforestrymap
May 28, 2021
Edd Colbert blogs about developing an ‘Agroforestry Living Textbook’ at FarmED in the Cotswolds to showcase inspiring agroforestry systems for arable, livestock and horticultural operations.
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Wakelyns agroforestry
March 25, 2021
Senior ORC Researcher Colin Tosh introduces a research project designed to investigate barriers to the uptake of agroforestry by farmers.
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Soil with earthworm
March 24, 2021
Take part in the the #30minworms survey with Jackie Stroud.
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