Tag: organic

The Organic Growers Alliance (OGA) have teamed up with James Butterworth of Cotswold Market Garden, to produce a podcast on organic horticulture, called the Organic Grower Podcast.

Agricology is delighted to hear the news that Iain Tolhurst (Tolly) has been recognised in today’s King’s Birthday Honours list with the award of Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to organic horticulture.

The Soil Association BOOM Awards have been extended for another couple of weeks, to 15 March, to encourage more nominations, including for the Best Organic Farmer category

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

The Organic Research Centre has two vacancies available at their site near Newbury

The Organic Research Centre (ORC) – the UK’s leading research charity in this field, has been awarded two new research projects by Defra to gather robust evidence on organic farming.

The Organic Research Centre, a leading independent research charity, is launching the new Dean Organic Fund at the Oxford Real Farming Conference this week. The fund offers interest-free loans, typically ranging from £5,000 to £25,000, to small-scale organic/ecological growers and food businesses.

The OFIA Science Prize (5000 US$) was awarded to Dr. Hiroshi Uchino from the Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, for his work on the use of cover crops for weed suppression. The Science Prize is the prize for scientists who discover promising applications for organic farming, processing, and marketing.

New European platform for farmers to find organic solutions and exchange knowledge Today a new platform – OK-Net Arable – aimed at filling the gap in the exchange of information between farmers across Europe was launched. The complexity of organic farming requires farmers to have a very high level of knowledge and skills. But exchange […]

Organic farmers and growers were given plenty of reasons to be cheerful at this year’s National Organic Combinable Crops conference, the largest on-farm event in the sector’s calendar. Increasing demand for organic food and changes in consumer shopping habits mean there are greater business opportunities available for farmers than ever before, experts from the sector […]

Innovation is crucial for the development of the organic sector.  By launching a Call for Innovations, TP Organics invites farmers, researchers and companies from the organic and other sectors to propose innovative solutions to one of the following needs of the organic sector:        Innovation for animal health and welfare in organic production systems […]

The OK-Net Arable project promotes exchange of knowledge among farmers, farm advisers and scientists with the aim to increase productivity and quality in organic arable cropping in Europe. Since the start of the project in March 2015, the following has been achieved:

The LILIS (Livestock In Low Input Systems) conference will look at the successes and challenges of upland livestock production in organic, upland and similar low-input systems.  Topics under discussion will be the use of appropriate breeds, marketing and branding, and a back-to-basics approach to the animal and its role in the farming system.  The conference […]

The EU-funded Biogreenhouse project – Towards a sustainable and productive EU organic greenhouse horticulture – has concluded with a major International Symposium on Organic Greenhouse Horticulture, in Izmir, Turkey and published a suite of 20 publications. COST Action BioGreenhouse comprises a network of institutions and experts, including ORC, from 27 countries together with experts from […]

A new financial report published this month shows organic farm profits increasing, with organic dairy farming outperforming conventional dairy farming in England and Wales. This detailed financial report on organic farming in England and Wales for 2014/15, undertaken by the Organic Research Centre for the Welsh Government, highlights that the organic dairy industry is now […]

The 2015 Welsh Organic Producer Survey, funded by the Welsh Government, has been published by Organic Centre Wales The 2015 survey has shown that the organic sector in Wales is progressing steadily once more. The survey was again well supported with 420 producers completing the survey, a response rate of 78%. Based on the response […]

There are many factors that can influence the outcome of the lambing period. However one of the most important issues at this time is nutrition of the pregnant ewe.