Sheep at Shimpling Park Farm. Courtesy of John Pawsey. All Rights Reserved

Return of the Golden Hoof

Footage of a Groundswell 2024 panel discussion organised by Agricology, exploring the practicalities of reintroducing sheep into your business.

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Fields Good 2024

The Sun Smiled on Fields Good

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…

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Kings summer legume mix, Groundswell 2023

Cover Cropping – Successes and Failures

Footage of a Groundswell 2024 panel discussion organised by Agricology and The Allerton Project, with the panel and audience members sharing their experiences of growing cover crops.

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5 key aspects of black-grass agroecology

Managing Black-grass in Arable Rotations

How do you tackle the biggest problem facing arable farmers in the UK? This is video footage of a Groundswell 2024 session run by Agricology, borne out of a collaboration with ADAS and the Oper8 project.

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PasturPasture Field scene, Groundswell

Roll up, roll up! Join Agricology and AUC at Groundswell 2024

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

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Living mulch at Bucksum. Aber ace white clover and carrots. Photo: David Newman

Practical experiences implementing living mulches in arable and horticultural farming systems

This Organic Research Centre webinar features two farmers talking about their experiences of living mulches in arable and horticulture systems.

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Filming at Waddesdon

‘Down to Earth’ on the Waddesdon Estate

Four short films focusing on promoting sustainable agricultural practices being used on the Waddesdon Estate and beyond.

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Taken by Tim Scrivener. Stephen Briggs, Whitehall Farm, Cambs

‘Next Steps with Regenerative Agriculture’ – Stephen Briggs

Footage of agroforestry pioneer Stephen Briggs imparting some of his learnings from a now well-established commercial agroforestry system.

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ORFC 2024: Livestock Carrying Capacity. Photo: Hugh Warwick

Oxford Real Farming Conference: seeking common ground

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.

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System Cameleon - alternative weeding solutions (photo credit Janie Caldbeck)

Alternative weed control solutions – an EU project

Oper8 is a three year EU horizon project bringing together farmers, researchers and academics to share alternative weed control solutions.

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Organic apple cultivation: promoting beneficial insects through flowering strips. Photo: Uni Hohenheim / Jutta Kienzle

Ways forward in organic farming plant health care strategies: Insights from Germany

Phil Sumption blogs on an online conference in Germany focusing on new approaches for organic plant health care.

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Soils day at Waddesdon Estate (photo by Matt Smee)

A Day at Waddesdon Estate Exploring Healthy Soils and Healthy Ecosystems

The aim was to hold a practical event demonstrating techniques to restore soil health and sharing knowledge and experience between local farmers and farm managers working at a range of scales in the catchment.

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MakingRegenAgPay

Making Regenerative Agriculture Pay

Video of Groundswell 2023 session organised by Agricology with experienced regenerative agriculture practitioners speaking on the challenges of making Regen Ag pay.

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Soil Time

With the sun shining and a fantastic range of speakers lined up, the Agricology team and a mix of farmers, growers and industry professionals gathered on Tuesday 23rd May at the Dairy, Waddesdon Estate, for some ‘soil time’ discussing ‘Getting Started with Regenerative Agriculture.’ Matt Smee gives us the lowdown…

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Farm of the Future? Net Zero in Practice

Matt Smee reports back from attending an event intended to help make steps towards a practical incarnation of RASE’s 2022 report ‘Farm of the Future: Journey to Net Zero.’

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Getting started with Regenerative Agriculture

Join the Agricology team and a range of guest speakers for a day of talks about getting started with regenerative agriculture and how to make it work financially. Regenerative agriculture is becoming ever more popular across UK farming, however for many there are still uncertainties as to how best to get started, which techniques are […]

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Intercropping

Building Agricology for the Future

“…The strength of Agricology is that it promotes practical, sustainable farming regardless of labels through its network of partner organisations. Together we can build more diverse, resilient systems, working with nature to help restore the land and ecosystems and ensure a secure supply of food…”

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Lapwing

Conservation of Farmland Birds

Guide outlining the three pillars to a successful conservation approach; created to support a ‘Conservation of Farmland Birds’ workshop held at Peppering Farm in Sussex.

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Groundswell - End of N panel

The End is Nigh, The End of Nitrogen

Footage of a discussion held at Groundswell 2022, organised by Agricology, about the impacts of reduced nitrogen use and ways in which farmers are moving away from high input systems.

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Wildflower headland, Peppering Farm

Encouraging Habitat Management and Conservation Methods that Positively Impact Farmland Biodiversity

Information and resources from a collaborative project between Agricology, GWCT and the Duke of Norfolk’s Peppering Farm in West Sussex, which aimed to demonstrate that food production and conservation can successfully co-exist, and it is possible to reverse species decline.

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Water Management workshop at Groundswell

Water Management and the Future

Recording of a Groundswell 2022 discussion organised by Agricology exploring water resilience; why it’s important to consider it on the farm, how it can be increased and how we can work together to create change and look after our water resources.

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Agricology stand at Groundswell

What are your thoughts on the Agricology website?

At Agricology we are always looking at ways to strengthen our communication and make sure you as a user can access the most interesting and relevant information possible. We would like to know your thoughts on our website. Any feedback will help to inform changes to its content and design.

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Three Hagges Woodmeadow

Woodmeadows – Three Hagges case study

Document created as part of an agroforestry case study of Three Hagges Woodmeadow – exploring the practicalities and benefits of combining woodland and meadows.

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Agroforestry at GWCT Allerton Project

A National Network of Agroforestry Farms

This ‘Farming the Future’ A Team Foundation – funded project aimed to promote agroforestry as a way of farmers and landowners simultaneously and sustainably growing food, transitioning into the new ELM Scheme and contributing to ‘public goods.’

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