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The Role of Tillage: Science and Best Practice

This resource consists of the audio recording and presentations from a session at the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2025 which aimed to address the stigma around the use of tillage in organic and agroecological crop production.

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Group of people hand weeding a vegetable crop in the field. Courtesy of Jane Sweetman
Cultivating Wisdom’ is a collection of agroecological research summaries from practitioners in the Landworkers’ Alliance’s ‘Experts in Your Field’ project.
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Nature Friendly Farming in Action. Taken by Ben Andrew (rspb-images.com). All Rights Reserved
NFFN/Farm Wildlife booklet highlights farmers enhancing ecosystems, restoring soil health, boosting profit margins, and increasing resilience to extreme weather.
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Sheep in front of ash tree. Courtesy of LEAF
A practical guide designed to help you make informed decisions and take necessary steps to protect people, nature and your business from ash dieback and other tree health issues.
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James Butterworth is leading OGA's Organic Grower podcast
The Organic Grower Podcast is an OGA initiative which aims to be practical in focus, getting straight into the nitty-gritty of people’s growing practices and business operations.
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Filming at Waddesdon
Four short films focusing on promoting sustainable agricultural practices being used on the Waddesdon Estate and beyond.
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Cornflowers in brassicas. Photo: Phil Sumption
This guide from the Nature Friendly Farming Network covers the principles and practice of Integrated Pest Management with case studies and examples of actions.
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How to Successfully Establish Perennial Wildflower Areas
Handy practical guide to establishing perennial wildflower areas, produced as part of the BEESPOKE project.
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Aerial view of Buckinghamshire Landscape
The Toolbox is an interactive, online library of IPM resources designed for farmers and advisors and is available in multiple languages.
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Crimson and persian clovers: Photo Phil Sumption
DiverIMPACTS case studies across Europe highlight why crop diversification strategies have been successful and what challenges needed to be overcome to achieve success.
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Yacon tubers. Photo credit: Phil Sumption
Recording of a workshop held at the Organic Growers Alliance (OGA)'s Organic Matters 2022 horticultural conference, focusing on perennial vegetables as crops that can potentially provide some solutions to the many environmental challenges growers are facing
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Photo: Andy Dibben. Agroforestry with understorey at Abbey Home Farm
Silvo-horticulture agroforestry has many benefits for market gardens, but needs careful planning for success. This workshop held at Organic Matters 2022 focused on how to make it work.
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Indian mustard
A DiverIMPACTS practice abstract exploring the practicalities of applying the technique of biofumigation to help with pest and weed control.
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Organic vegetable farmer Andy Dibben puts forward the case for allowing complex insect ecosystems to develop or be proactively encouraged on farms, describing ways in which this can be done, drawing on his own extensive knowledge and emphasising the many benefits that can be had.
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Image courtesy of Tom Staton. All Rights Reserved
Summary highlighting outcomes of Tom Staton's PhD thesis ‘Evaluating the effects of agroforestry versus arable systems on functional biodiversity and associated ecosystem services.’
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Bee on borage
Abstract created as part of the DiverIMPACTS project giving practical recommendations of how to ensure plant mixtures for flowering strips on arable land can guarantee a flowering relay throughout the season; attracting useful insects and other groups of invertebrates alongside a cash crop.
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Broccoli trials
This LIVESEED abstract provides a guide for organic farmers wanting to set up their own on-farm trial of different broccoli varieties - using a simplified cultivar trial.
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Potatoes at Wakelyns
Some basic guidance produced as part of the LIVESEED project on how farmers can set up a simplified cultivar trial to identify potato cultivars which are resistant to late blight.
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David Brass and his free range hens in their woodland range. Photo credit: Phil Formby, Woodland Trust Media Library. All Rights Reserved
Can planting trees on your hen range boost biodiversity as well as benefit your business?
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Strip crop trial
Abstract created as part of the DiverIMPACTS project, outlining outcomes from strip cropping experiments and practical recommendations for designing and managing effective strip systems.
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Pea triticale intercrop and Combine: Photo Mark Lea
The DIVERSify project Guide for Farmers and Agronomists - summarising key results from the intercropping research carried out in an easily digestible way, dividing information into 3 keys areas.
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Clover living mulch and  barley. Jennifer Banfield-Zanin, STC CC BY-NC-ND
A panel of industry experts discuss solutions to the practical challenges in the growing, harvesting and processing of mixed crops.
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Intercropping machinery
Last in a series of mini-documentary films; this presents recommendations from the DIVERSify project and asks what have we learnt in DIVERSify that will help farmers and others make decisions about mixed cropping?
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Intercropping in practice
A report summarising findings from experimental trials conducted across Europe as part of the Horizon 2020 DIVERSify project to measure plant team performance and identify what factors impact on performance.
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Mixed peas and beans
Three mini-documentary films presenting findings from the DIVERSify project, focusing on impacts of crop diversification and challenges and ideas for growing crop mixtures as a way to increase resilience against climate change whilst increasing biodiversity and carbon sequestration.
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