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Crop diversification has the potential to produce many benefits, such as improved soil nutrients and soil fertility. However, it also comes with several challenges. DiverIMPACTS was a 5-year EU Horizon 2020 project with 34 partners. The aim was to achieve the full potential of...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/19/meps-condemn-pesticide-companies-withholding-toxicity-data
Why can't these multinational companies be open and honest.
Let consumers have informed choices
Growing Organics Suckler Farm Walk Co.Mayo
Type Booklet
The Dixons began looking at organic farming, as an option in 2010. The high costs associated with conventional farming had become prohibitive. After careful consideration, the decision was made to take the organic option. In 2010, the farm...
How can measuring sustainability help us to understand and value the produce and services that farmers deliver? In this series, we explore the role of metrics in transitioning to a more sustainable food and farming system, and we meet some of the people who are leading the way. Here, Alicia...
This year our farm trials will test the use of the Global Farm Metric framework to enable farmers and others to navigate the complex world of farm sustainability, so that they can support and drive change. The trials will also explore the value of assessing vital aspects of farm sustainability...
A new report by IFOAM Organics Europe highlights the contribution of organic farming to protecting Europe’s biodiversity. The report recommends Member States to fully use Eco-schemes and agro-environmental measures in their CAP Strategic Plans to maximise the contribution of organic farmers to...
A new collaborative study published in the Journal PNAS finds that agricultural intensification, in particular pesticides and fertiliser use, is the main pressure for most bird population declines, especially for invertebrate feeders.
Using ‘the most recent and largest empirical dataset ever...
Written by Administrator from Farming Monthly National
Farming winners of BOOM Awards 2023 announced
Following a rigorous judging process by a panel of expert judges, the winners of the prestigious Best of Organic Market Awards 2023 were unveiled at a glittering ceremony in Bristol yesterday...
Feedback, a green lobbying group are attempting a high court hearing against DEFRA against a failed DEFRA policy to commit to reducing livestock numbers by 30% in the UK... part of the "green initiative"
The Soil Association are supporting this move, somewhat naively off the back of dislike for...
Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland
Alex Parkinson, farm manager for RBOrganic (part of Burgess Farms), one of the largest organic carrot growers in the UK, has been crowned winner of the Organic Research Centre’s (ORC) Young Organic Farmer/ Grower of the Year (YOFY) Award 2022/2023.
He...
40% of insect species risk extinction, and a further 30% are endangered (New Scientist 2019), yet few farmers have the tools to actively monitor or quantify on-farm biodiversity, despite it being an important measure of ecosystem, landscape, overall biological health of the farm and key public...
As a farmer, I believe it is our responsibility to bridge the gap between the public and the world of agriculture. Many people are disconnected from the origins of their food and lack understanding of how it is produced. That's why I wholeheartedly support Open Farm Sunday as an excellent...
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Living labs and lighthouses are high on the agenda of the European Commission as these initiatives show a high potential to integrate research and innovation processes in real-life communities and settings, accelerating the uptake and...
Alwin Schönberger
June 2023
Science for Sustainable Agriculture
“Even if it sounds like breaking a taboo,
new gene editing techniques and organic
are an excellent match.”
People don't like pesticides. They are even less fond of genetic engineering. But they don't want to convert...
Former NFU Vice-President Paul Temple has welcomed the recent passing into law of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act as a major opportunity to capitalise on the UK’s world-leading scientific strengths in plant genetics, and to accelerate the development of higher-yielding crop...
Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland
King Charles III is currently recruiting for a farmer to work on his private country retreat at Sandringham Estate.
The estate is home to an organic farm set on 2,400ha of arable lands in the heart of Norfolk producing a wide variety of crops, along...
I am doing research on evaluating the effects of sustainable livestock farming among smallholder livestock farmers in the United Kingdom as part of my final thesis. I would like smallholder farmers in the UK to please help me and fill out this questionnaire using the link below...
This week, our Chief Executive Helen Browning joined a panel of experts at the Palace of Westminster to discuss the future of British soils and emphasise the importance of protecting this precious resource to government.
Helen spoke on behalf of the Soil Association, and as an organic farmer, at...
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