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Organic Research Centre
@organicrescent.bsky.social
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Established in 1980 as a charity, ORC has played a central role in the development organic food & farming research, knowledge exchange & policy. On 1 Sep 25 ORC joined UK agriculture & environmental consultancy @adasgroup.bsky.social a private ltd company.
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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · 29d
📢 Big news! ORC joins ADAS! 🌳 #Agroforestryshow, grain changers, training, advice, events and more! #Organicdelivers Our September E-Bulletin is out! #Organicfarming @thesoilassociation.bsky.social @adasgroup.bsky.social #UKGrainLab mailchi.mp/organicresea...
Group of people standing around a soil pit on a farm. With ORC and ADAS logos and text Organic Research Centre joins ADAS Plot combine harvesting a wheat trial Cattle browsing a hedge Apple on a tree
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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · 7d
In this video from OPER8 Alex Fraser, farmer at Denby Hall Fm in South Yorkshire, and Charlotte Bickler from ORC discuss their collaborative work on choosing competitive cultivars for weed management in organic and low-input systems. #organicfarming https://youtu.be/L2RjjueZqTo?si=G2SbTDekS5A2E-aH
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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · 8d
At the #AgroforestryShow 2025, Will Simonson, leader of the UK Living Lab, shares how the ReForest project is working with farmers to integrate trees into their landscapes for stronger, more resilient farming systems.#agroforestry youtu.be/V57u2y4Hk7I?...
Building Sustainable Farms with Agroforestry, UK Living Lab: Will Simonson (ORC) | AF Show 2025
YouTube video by ReForest Horizon Europe Project
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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 14d
📽️We're at Abbey Home Farm with the brilliant Andy Dibben, Rural Pod Media + Down to Earth Media to record our latest 'how-to' video - part of our upcoming tech guide 'Rotations for Field Veg' 🌱🥕.

Sign up to our newsletter and be the first to know when the video launches: ow.ly/v8KN50X1sOa
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IFOAM Organics Europe @organicseurope.bsky.social · 14d
🌱 Farmer seed exchanges – sharing, saving & reusing seeds – keep farming diverse and resilient.
🚨But as the EU shapes new seed rules, this right is at risk.

💚 Protect the right to seed. Support farmers. Support biodiversity.
📄 Read our joint letter
➡️ ow.ly/iRRf50WG1zs
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ADAS @adasgroup.bsky.social · Jul 28
🐝 A buzz of activity while we were doing #biodiversity assessments for Fielden Whisky this month 🥃
We're working with their growers to measure invertebrate biodiversity & to see how much pollinators prefer fields with a permanent clover understory to fields without one 🍀
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IFOAM Organics Europe @organicseurope.bsky.social · 15d
#PressRelease
🌱 EU Organic Awards 2025 winners revealed!
On #EUOrganicDay, the European Commission hosted the #EUOrganic Awards 2025 in Brussels, celebrating outstanding initiatives across the organic value chain.
🏆 Discover this year's winners in our PR: www.organicseurope.bio/news/eu-orga...
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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · 22d
🌱 How can Europe reach 100% organic seed by 2037? Liveseed webinar tomorrow 17th September 2025 (8-11am BST) organised by FiBL within the LiveSeeding project.
liveseeding.eu/join-cross-c...
Poster for the webinar
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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · 27d
Our #agroforestry co-design workshop ReForest Training Hub
with Tom Newbury of Brackenhill Farm #agroforestryshow
circle of people in a co-design workshop
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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · 28d
Rowan Dumper-Pollard speaking at the Sainsbury's Tent on Markets for Agroforestry Products #AgroforestryShow
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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · 28d
Dr. Prajna Kasargodu Anebagilu from ReForest partner @unibonn.bsky.social presenting on agroforestry economics #AgroforestryShow
Prajna on stage in wooden barn with screen beside her
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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 28d
Session underway now ReForest Training Hub
#AgroforestryShow Will Simonson @organicrescent.bsky.social in conversation with Paul Jackson from Wakelyns, talking about tree establishment and care.
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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 29d
Just a few days left to submit an abstract for Roots to RegenAg ✨

Connecting science & farming, join us whatever your background!

🌱 Root-Soil Interactions
🧪 Soil Health & Biodiversity
🚜 RegenAg Practices
🧑‍🌾 Nutrient Management
🪱 Policy & uptake

Deadline Friday 12 Sept 👉 buff.ly/9XnN8Q8
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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · 28d
First session of day 2 in the ReForest Training Hub. Megan Gimber on Hedges and Boundary Agroforestry @ptes-org.bsky.social #AgroforestryShow. What have hedges ever done for us?
A talk in a barn with people sitting on chairs
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Garden Organic @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social · 28d
Help support the rescue mission for #butterflies and moths! 🦋 We've partnered with
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
to call for #butterfly-killing synthetic #pesticides to be removed from supermarket and garden centre shelves. Find out more in our blog: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/rescue-...
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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · 28d
On display at #AgroforestryShow An output from the ReForest
and DigitAF projects. See also: europeanagroforestry.eu/about/agrofo...
Poster on display in barn
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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · 29d
We are at the #AgroforestryShow for the next couple of days in the Black Barn ReForest Training Hub. Do come by and say Hi!
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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · 29d
Come and find us in the Black Barn - ReForest
Training Hub at the #Agroforestryshow today and tomorrow
Agroforestry show sign - AGROFORESTRY spelt out in big capital letters in a field with trees in the background Site map showing location of Agricology stand in the ReForest Trainig Hub View of the black barn showing Agricology stand The Agricology stand
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Centre for Forest Protection @forest-protection.bsky.social · Sep 9
📢This week we launched our second e-learning module: Reducing risks for resilient trees!

🌳The module looks at how risks from non-native pests and pathogens can be minimised to enhance resilience in trees.

🔗For more information, see: www.forestprotection.uk/2025/09/05/s...

#TreeHealth #Biosecurity
New e-learning module available - Centre for Forest Protection
Learn more about non-native pests and diseases, transmission pathways, biosecurity measures, and more in our second e-learning module.
www.forestprotection.uk
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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · 29d
📢 Big news! ORC joins ADAS! 🌳 #Agroforestryshow, grain changers, training, advice, events and more! #Organicdelivers Our September E-Bulletin is out! #Organicfarming @thesoilassociation.bsky.social @adasgroup.bsky.social #UKGrainLab mailchi.mp/organicresea...
Group of people standing around a soil pit on a farm. With ORC and ADAS logos and text Organic Research Centre joins ADAS Plot combine harvesting a wheat trial Cattle browsing a hedge Apple on a tree
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IFOAM Organics Europe @organicseurope.bsky.social · Sep 4
🎙️ #OrganicDelivers podcast is here!

After yesterday’s #OrganicBreeding video launch, the first 7 episodes are now live 🌱

Tune in → organicseurope.bio/organic-deli...
📲 YouTube | RedCircle | Apple Podcasts

#OrganicFarming #EUorganic
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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · Sep 8
🌳🐑 How can #silvopasture work on an upland beef & sheep farm?

Join us at the #AgroforestryShow #ReForest #TrainingHub in codesigning a silvopasture #Agroforestry system with Tom Newbury of Brackenhill Farm, an upland beef and sheep farm in the Lake District. www.agroforestryshow.com
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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · Sep 8
🌿 Could a 3,000-year-old tradition transform modern #livestock systems?

At the #AgroforestryShow #TrainingHub, Lindsay Whistance and ReForest’s UK #LivingLab explore #Silvopasture.

📅 10–11 Sept 2025 www.agroforestryshow.com/2025-schedul...

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Photo of Lindsay Whistance with 'Starting out with SIlvopasture' tag. The Agroforestry Sgow 2024, 10-11 September, Woodoaks Farm, Hertfordshire
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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · Sep 3
Exciting news to see a permanent collaboration between two of AABs regular partners. Congrats @adasgroup.bsky.social @organicrescent.bsky.social
We look forward to seeing how this all develops!

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Organic Research Centre joins ADAS | ADAS
On 1 September 2025, Organic Research Centre (ORC), the UK’s foremost research authority on organic farming & low-input farming, joined ADAS
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Organic Research Centre @organicrescent.bsky.social · Sep 3
#Organicfarming #OrganicSeptember
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IFOAM Organics Europe @organicseurope.bsky.social · Sep 3
🌱 Just launched: the 1st documentary of our #OrganicDelivers campaign!

🎥 Watch how #OrganicBreeding creates resilient, high-quality varieties for sustainable food systems 👉 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

📢 7 podcast episodes out tomorrow

📄 To the PR 👉 www.organicseurope.bio/news/ifoam-o...
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Agricology @agricology.bsky.social · Sep 2
🧑‍🌾 Meet David Rose – 3rd gen farmer, #NuffieldFarming
Scholar, Woodland Trust Advocate & FarmEco founder

In his updated Farmer Profile David discusses:
🌱 Enterprise stacking
🌱 How novel crops can add value to #agroforestry systems
🌱 Linking #farming, #food & #wellbeing

Read more👉 ow.ly/6flv50WPoek
David Rose with young trees Tree saplings Grass path bordered by trees Apples on tree
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