Resource: Academic research

Research providing insights into breeding, rearing, housing, health and disease, medication and nutrition of poultry managed organically.

This knowledge hub for livestock farmers and advisors will enable proactive animal health and welfare planning and help with decision-making.

Groundbreaking research that highlights nutritional benefits of organic fresh produce, with important links to how the food is produced.

Groundbreaking research that highlights nutritional benefits of organic meat, with important links made to livestock feeding regimes.

A report on groundbreaking research that highlights nutritional benefits of organic dairy, with important links made to cow feeding regimes.

Everything you may need to know about basic nutrient budgeting and valuable insights into how using them can benefit your farm.

An article highlighting the importance of ensuring our flowering habitats and how we manage them provide for wider bee and wasp communities.

Learn about agroforestry research undertaken by the Organic Research Centre, find links to further information and resources.

Using legumes and farming practices to maximise on free nitrogen (N); improve N availability, increase the amount fixed, minimise losses.

Research providing practical information on the function and use of grain legumes and ways they can be managed in organic farming systems.

Guidance on legume species characteristics and management to help you formulate your own seed mixtures, based on Legume LINK research.

Practical recommendations for improving soil phosphate (P) availability for your crops; maintaining levels and maximising on P inputs.

Improving and managing soil fertility in organic farming systems though soil analysis; what you need to know and how you can do it. 

The causes and implications of soil degradation explained, with a plea to adopt agroecological approaches to help tackle the problems. 

Assess soil structure out in the field and identify where changes in management may be required with the help of a visual reference tool.

The important role of legumes as a food resource for pollinators and species that can help provide the forage reserves throughout the year. 

Ways in which you can adjust your organic farm management practices to minimise harm to pollinators and insects that manage pests.

Guidance on selecting species and managing leys to benefit pollinators, linking to the LegLink project and Countryside Stewardship options.

Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust information on managing flower-rich habitats on your farm with links to some important research.