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Great looking webinar with experts from around Europe on pigs foraging from the range, from a project we are proud to be part of it. 7th October 2-4pm BST
📢#ReLivestock Webinar
🐖 From concentrates to crops: rethinking pig production by letting pigs forage
📅 7 Oct | 15:00–17:00 CET
✅ Forage crops for pig nutrition
✅ Grazing sows & multispecies pastures
✅ Better use of grass as a feed resource
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Building English Shelterbelt Trials for Productivity (BEST) is an ADOPT-funded, farmer-led trial investigating the benefits to livestock systems from improved hedgerow/windbreaks. Led by Progressive Milk Producers, ORC is a research subcontractor.
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ORC's Colin Tosh blogs on #agroforestry & #biodiversity research from #EURAF2026 "The question is not whether agroforestry can benefit biodiversity, but how large that benefit is, how quickly it develops & how systems should be designed to maximise it." ow.ly/znl850ZL6vy
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A new paper from the @AGROMIXproject led by Maria Raimondo with ORC’s Rowan Dumper-Pollard cited as a co-author, looks at what influences farmers’ decisions to adopt and maintain #agroforestry. ow.ly/UmBx50ZIaUq
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ORC researcher Christian Gossel reflects on 8 years of @LiveSeeding organic winter wheat trials. With @organicarable @CopeSeeds we tested 63 different varieties, blends, and populations across 31 farms. ow.ly/LX3c50ZI9Xy
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Article and video from #Groundswell2026 Discussion centred on the practical question: if UK nut production expands: how can nuts be harvested efficiently under British conditions? @Groundswellaguk ow.ly/BiPW50ZI8PC
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In the #FeedtheSoil project we’re working with farmers across the UK who are using many different methods to process their farm waste.
🪱 @JuliaSoilsister reports from the #vermicomposting trials with Guy Douglas at Southfield farm in Northumberland. ow.ly/VKpN50ZI8FV
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Weeds, wheat, worms and walnuts 🌱🪱🌰 Our August E-Bulletin is out! mailchi.mp/organicresearchce…
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The outcomes of ORC’s project Early indicators to monitor changes in soil health: evidence to update guidance for UK farmers, have been published @TheAHDB ORC's @JuliaSoilsister blogs. organicresearchcentre.com/ne…
#soilhealth #soilhealthindicators
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Hedgerow connectivity 🕷️ Feed the Soil 🪱 Save Wakelyns 🌳 Participatory plant breeding. Our July E-Bulletin is out! mailchi.mp/organicresearchce…
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Harvest has started for Year 2 of the northern trial of diverse wheat cultivars! @LiveSeeding #YorkshireGrainAlliance #Systems4Food #UKGrainLab Farmers, millers, bakers, researchers and breeders together. The first step to build an alternative grain economy.
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At the @LiveSeeding summer school last week Kate McEvoy from Real Seeds talking through a hypothetical scenario with on-farm cultivar evaluation
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Julia Cooper mentoring her group at @LiveSeeding Summer School.
🌱 "This type of problem solving approach is a great way to internalise their learnings from the week. They're challenged to dig deeper into the topic & broaden their learning through self-directed research."
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This week @JuliaSoilsister is one of the instructors for @LiveSeeding Summer School in @UPV Valencia!
🍅 5-day training bringing together farmers, breeders, researchers, advisors and students to explore participatory and innovative approaches to organic plant breeding.
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Great internship at the Centre for Forest Protection 👇
🚜 🌳‘Farmers and trees’, working to develop, test and launch a range of resources aimed at helping farmers improve the health and resilience of trees on their land. ORC is a partner in the project.
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See this video about our Defra Evidence Review Webinar with @SoilAssociation coming up .. book now !! @orgrescent instagram.com/reel/DaoHjTsAZ…
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Hooves Among the Trees: Rethinking Woodland Grazing. #Groundswell2026 Agroforestry Tent. Panel discussion with ORC's Lindsay Whistance, Nikki Yoxall & James Ramskir-Gardiner
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Comfort, Shade, Water: How Animals Read the Landscape. Yesterday at #Groundswell2026 Lindsay Whistance and Dairy farmer @JRfromStrickley looked at what animal behaviour can tell you about your farm. Observing where they rest, graze, lie down, or shelter can lead to improvements.
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We've been doing some more filming with @indiefarm. Interviewing Becky Wilson at @FarmCO2Toolkit for the #GreenGrass project film. @JuliaSoilsister #Groundswell2026 #comingsoon
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Profit, Not Payments: Rethinking #Agroforestry Economics. #Groundswell2026
🌳 Let's shift mindsets from “what support is available?” to “how does this system pay for itself?” @Farm3Dwithtrees @James_Acworth
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