Tag: agroecology

The ORC are very pleased to announce that as of the 27th January 2022 the third round of DOF funding is open, with up to £200,000 of interest-free loans available for small businesses.

Ten Years for Agroecology in Europe’: new research shows an organically farmed Europe can feed a growing population a healthy diet

FARMERS, facilitators, advisors, policy makers and those passionate about wildlife will be heading to The Birmingham & Midland Institute for the second Farmer Cluster Conference on November 1st.

Poor returns, high pest and disease pressure and soil fertility decline are strong reasons to adopt agroecology practices on farm. These were some of the key messages outlined by 21 speakers at the first ‘Agricology Open Day’ held at Daylesford Organic Farm, near Kingham, Gloucestershire, UK.

Poor returns, high pest and disease pressure and soil fertility decline are strong reasons to adopt agroecology practices on farm. These were some of the key messages outlined by 21 speakers at the first “Agricology” open day, held at Daylesford Organic Farm, near Kingham, Gloucestershire.

140 farmers, landowners and advisers travelled from as far afield as Cornwall and Galloway to attend the first Agricology ‘Open Day’ at Daylesford Farm in Gloucestershire. The day highlighted that access to best practice information is crucial for successful, sustainable agriculture. Using Agricology as an information sharing platform, farmers can be helped to address issues […]

Input-intensive crop monocultures and industrial-scale feedlots must be consigned to the past in order to put global food systems onto sustainable footing, according to the world’s foremost experts on food security, agro-ecosystems and nutrition. The solution is to diversify agriculture and reorient it around ecological practices, whether the starting point is highly-industrialized agriculture or subsistence […]

A scholarship to teach the food producers of tomorrow how to link agriculture with conservation has been launched in memory of a leading figure in the organic livestock sector. The OF&G and Harper Adams University Agroecology Scholarship will see one student receive £4000 to help fund their place to study an MSc in Agroecology as […]