Grazing Livestock: It’s not the cow but the how
This report from the Sustainable Food Trust highlights the benefits that regeneratively grazed livestock can have for climate, nature, food security and health.
LEARN MORESilvo-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.
Family farm conflicts, benefits of compost teas, preventing disease in apple orchards, how community-owned farms can work - it's all here in this podcast from Farmerama...
A policy brief summarising results and recommendations from a review undertaken as part of the Defra-funded Agroforestry ELM Test project.
Learn about agroforestry research undertaken by the Organic Research Centre, find links to further information and resources.
An overview of agroforestry and related systems for farming and gardening with trees.
Recording of a workshop hosted by the Organic Research Centre online that set out to explore how agroforestry could contribute towards the conservation and restoration of biodiversity, and the policy options that could support the realisation of these benefits.
A revised new edition of this publication explaining the on-farm research carried out at the innovative and pioneering Wakelyns.
A video produced for the AFINET project exploring some of the practical considerations for agroforestry systems and potential benefits.
Report on studies carried out within an organic silvoarable alley cropping system in the UK (Wakelyns Agroforestry in Suffolk) where researchers have investigated the impact of trees on crops in adjacent alleys.
Assess the potential business benefits of agroforestry for your farm or client and understand the possible benefits to the wider environment with this invaluable handbook.
The multiple benefits of combining trees and shrubs with livestock in low-input and organic dairy farms.
Video footage recorded when the UK AFINET agroforestry network group met at the Dartington Estate in Devon to discuss agroforestry implementation.
Footage of farmer Stephen Briggs speaking at the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2019 on the process of planning a new agroforestry system, finding markets for wood products, and calculating the business opportunities.
David Rose, farmer and co-founder of Home Farm Ecocentre in Nottinghamshire talks about his silvoarable agroforestry system and research being carried out in one of a series of podcasts.
This film, created by the Soil Association through the FABulous Farmers project, explores some of the many benefits that can be experienced from different agroforestry systems.
Pioneering agroforestry farmer Stephen Briggs relates the benefits he has reaped from this multi-faceted system of farming.
Research briefing outlines the planning, establishment and management of different agroforestry approaches as experienced at Elm Farm, an organic livestock farm in Berkshire.
Footage of agroforestry pioneer Stephen Briggs imparting some of his learnings from a now well-established commercial agroforestry system.
Invaluable guidance for farmers from the AGFORWARD team on how to plan, create and manage an agroforestry system.
Summary highlighting outcomes of Tom Staton's PhD thesis ‘Evaluating the effects of agroforestry versus arable systems on functional biodiversity and associated ecosystem services.’
Recommendations from the SOLMACC project for implementing climate-friendly and resilient farming practices on-farm.
Design and manage agroforestry in arable systems so that the biodiversity benefits are maximised and problems are reduced.
An AGFORWARD leaflet that focuses on managing the tree understorey in a horticultural agroforestry system, for increased food production and biodiversity.
This Groundswell 2024 session explored the role and challenges of incorporating trees into dairy farming systems.