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All the latest happenings in the world of sustainable farming
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IFM Conference 25th May 2017
LEAFarticleJoin us for a one-day conference exploring the role of technology in developing the current and future potential of Integrated Farm Management
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Finding alternatives for terminating cover crops
Innovative FarmersarticleEarlier this month, farmers, advisors and researchers met for the first time to discuss their ideas on alternative techniques for terminating cover crops.
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We need to talk about Nitrogen...
PlantlifearticleThe evidence is clear. Nitrogen has built up in the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels and intensive farming. Transport, power stations, industry, farm fertilisers and...
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Countryside Stewardship opens for 2017
Natural EnglandarticleFrom today (10 March 2017) farmers and land managers can apply for the Mid Tier and Higher Tier of Countryside Stewardship. This is a targeted...
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Sustainable bee keeping course
Bees for DevelopmentarticleA weekend Course on sustainable beekeeping. We cover the management of bees, and natural ways to take care of them. This Course is suitable for...
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Allerton Open Day 28th June 2017
articleYou are invited to join the 25-year celebration Open Day of farming and environmental research at the Allerton Project, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s...
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New conference highlights how agroforestry can boost productivity
Soil AssociationarticleThe Soil Association, the Woodland Trust and the Royal Forestry Society team up for a new internationally attended agroforestry conference, to be held at Cranfield...
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Allerton Training Days
Game and Wildlife Conservation TrustarticleAt the Allerton Project we host a wide range of advisory workshops and educational activities. Often these centre around profitable farming and environmental management. These...
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Quantum-based agriculture for farmers
Centre for Agroecology, Water and ResiliencearticleTo provide an understanding of the principles of subtle energies, and to explore the impact of energy fields on our health and our behaviour, and...
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BBC Radio 4 Costing the Earth: Soil Saviours
BBCarticleCan soil play a role in the fight against climate change? Our soils are the biggest store of terrestrial carbon on the planet. This crucial...
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Soil Health; A Living Perspective
Regen AgarticleThis event is a comprehensive full day presentation, suitable for commercial farmers including but not restricted to organic producers. It is also relevant for those...
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GREATsoils Blog - Nurturing Soil for Intensive Cropping
Steve Nickellsarticle"The way I see it, soil health needs to be our starting point. The ever diminishing spectrum of conventional pesticides has highlighted the need to...
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Morley Farm Walk
SIParticleNIAB TAG and TMAF would like to invite you to a farm walk and discussion at Morley Farms on Friday 10th March 2017 (10.00 –...
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Agroforestry 2017 - 22nd June
Soil AssociationarticleJoin us for a practical and inspiring day exploring how agroforestry – growing trees in fields – can boost farms’ productivity and profits. Agroforestry 2017...
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Food and Farming blog: Will our unique new approach bear fruit?
DartingtonarticleWe’re fully embracing experimenting with land use and will be delivering agroforestry in a way we don’t believe has been done in the UK before,...
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A balanced diet for the soil
AgricologyarticleThe Soil Association, in collaboration with Catchment Sensitive Farming, will be running soil health workshops in February, where you will have a chance to learn...
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Microbial traits not plants determine abundance of soil organic matter
Farming FuturesarticleHealthy soil is rich in organic matter, but scientists have yet to fully understand exactly how that organic matter is formed. Now a team of...
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Tim Field at Farm Business Innovation
Farm Business InnovationarticleTim Field Daylesford The Agricology project: Practical Sustainable Farming, regardless of labels Do you want to make your farming more sustainable? AGRICOLOGY is a collaboration...
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Soil Association consultation on organic food and farming standards
Soil AssociationarticleProposed changes to the food and farming standards We're updating all of our organic standards to make them as straightforward, practical and transparent as possible...
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Cover crop mixtures increase agroecosystem services
Organic Research CentrearticlePlanting a multi-species mixture of cover crops - rather than a cover crop monoculture - between cash crops, provides increased agroecosystem services, or multifunctionality, according...
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Massive overuse of farm antibiotics continues in Europe
Alliance to Save Our AntibioticsarticleNew data published on Friday 14 October by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) reveals that many European countries are failing to put an end to...
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Government responds to soil report
Soil AssociationarticleTheresa May’s Government has responded to a ground-breaking, all-party parliamentary report on soil health, acknowledging that the current approach to soil management must change if...
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State of Nature report: views from Rothamsted Research
Rothamsted ResearcharticleThe ‘State of Nature 2016’ report on trends in UK wildlife between 1970 and 2013 concluded that, across all taxa, 56% of species have declined...
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OK-Net Arable launches new platform
Organic Research CentrearticleNew European platform for farmers to find organic solutions and exchange knowledge Today a new platform – OK-Net Arable – aimed at filling the gap...
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£1.5m Glastir Organic scheme to open in Wales
Welsh GovernmentarticleThe Cabinet Secretary for the Environment and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, has announced an expression of interest window for a £1.5million scheme to support organic...
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The harvest boon
The FieldarticleIn the first of a new regular column for The Field on modern farming, Tim Field considers the UK harvest and current shifts in cereal...
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Nature loss linked to farming intensity
BBC News; Science & EnvironmentarticleMore than 50 conservation groups say the "policy-driven" intensification of farming is a significant driver of nature loss in the UK.
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Agricology Open Day on Indie Farmer
Indie FarmerarticleMany different organisations across boundaries and labels have grouped together to form Agricology, a curated knowledge base for ecological farming ideas.. Farmerama Abby and I...