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All the latest happenings in the world of sustainable farming
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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...
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Agricology in Biodiversity News
DefraarticleThe Agricology open day at Daylesford in June is featured in the Summer Issue of Defra's Biodiversity News - No. 73. Thirst for knowledge attracts...
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Soil health is behind everything we do
Soil Associationarticle“I want to see if this trial can lead to a more sustainable growing system that will put something back into the soil whilst at...
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Neonic pesticide link to long-term wild bee decline
BBCarticleThe large-scale, long-term decline in wild bees across England has been linked to the use of neonicotinoid insecticides by a new study. Over 18 years,...
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Touring, Tasting and Talking IFM
LEAFarticleOur 25th Anniversary Farmer Activity Event ' Touring, Tasting and Talking Integrated Farm Management' is an inspirational and unique event showcasing sustainable food and farming...
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LEAF’s Public Engagement Conference
LEAFarticleJoin us at this free event, kindly hosted by Sainsbury’s, to explore how we can all work together to make a step change in public...
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NOCC 16 – Reasons to be cheerful
OF&GarticleOrganic farmers and growers were given plenty of reasons to be cheerful at this year’s National Organic Combinable Crops conference, the largest on-farm event in...
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Call for Organic Innovations is now open!
Organic Research CentrearticleInnovation is crucial for the development of the organic sector. By launching a Call for Innovations , TP Organics invites farmers, researchers and companies from...
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How to support agroecology in the UK
Organic Market InfoarticlePoor returns, high pest and disease pressure and soil fertility decline are strong reasons to adopt agroecology practices on farm . These were some of...
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Mobile technology helps save rare flowers
Centre for Ecology & HydrologyarticleA new app aims to help farmers, agronomists and conservationists to identify and record the UK’s most threatened plant species. The Rare Arable Flowers app...
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New report provides assessment of climate change risks to UK
Committee on Climate ChangearticleClimate change is happening now. Globally, 14 of the 15 hottest years on record have occurred since 2000. The impacts of climate change are already...
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Adopt agroecology ‘to protect yields and biodiversity’
Farmers WeeklyarticlePoor returns, high pest and disease pressure and soil fertility decline are strong reasons to adopt agroecology practices on farm. These were some of the...
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Thirst for knowledge attracts 140 farmers to Agricology Open Day
Farming UKarticle140 farmers, landowners and advisers travelled from as far afield as Cornwall and Galloway to attend the first Agricology ‘Open Day’ at Daylesford Farm in...
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What actions are needed to dramatically reduce farm antibiotic use?
SustainarticleOn 29th June a group of experts attended a roundtable event co-hosted by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics and the Food Research Collaboration at...
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Birds, bees and butterflies get boost from new countryside coalition
LEAF (Linking Environment & Farming)articleThe Wildlife Trusts and LEAF create unique model for nature-friendly farming across 44,500 acres, as part of new Jordans Farm Partnership.
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Farming sector should encourage more women into the Industry
SRUCarticleThe farming sector needs to encourage more female participation in the industry and promote the significant role of women already working in agriculture. Those were...
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New initiative helping farmers improve water quality in River Ock catchment
Wild OxfordshirearticleFWAG South East and Wild Oxfordshire are working in partnership in an exciting new initiative with Thames Water to help farmers to deliver improvements in...