Organic Research Centre

The Centre is the UK's leading independent research, development and advisory institution for organic agriculture. In September 2025 became part of @ADASGroup

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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.

https://t.co/hnSP4UwVNv

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See this video about our Defra Evidence Review Webinar with @SoilAssociation coming up .. book now !! @orgrescent https://t.co/zeACyRNaXm

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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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Colin Tosh talking about https://t.co/qfGlnzyu4q and upcoming paper from the project, Lisa talking about improving hedgerow and what’s makes a good hedgerow and Tim sharing his on farm hedge growing experiences

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Morning #Groundswell2026! We kick off in #Agroforestry Tent with 'Improving Habitat Connectivity on your Farm' exploring how hedgerows, field margins, trees & other natural features can act as wildlife corridors, helping species move between the habitats they need to survive.

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🌳 Philippa Hall in conversation with Benedikt Bösel from from 'Gut & Bösel', a leading #agroforestry site in Brandenburg, Germany yesterday evening #Groundswell2026 An inspiring story of how agroforestry can work at a larger scale; environmentally, economically, and socially.

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Integrating Trees Network event - 23 July, Dalry

Join us to explore how trees and livestock can work together. The free event includes a visit to Brodoclea Woodland Farm to see how pigs are managed in a young woodland.

Book your place: https://t.co/48Bd1XRALq #IntegratingTrees

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We're getting lots of interest and chats about compost in the soil medic tent ! Really exiting to see so much enthusiasm! Farmers are bringing their own compost samples to the table #Groundswell2026 @JuliaSoilsister

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Simeon Day dives into the past to The Forgotten Forest - a time when our countryside was full of trees and they were an integral part of farming, a time before their widespread loss from our landscape. He then explains how we put them back. #Groundswell2026 #FWAGSW

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Michael Kennard and Daniel Iddon kicking off in the Soil Medic tent. Good to hear Daniel Iddon admitting that we just don't know enough about which fungal species do what, so he opts for a broad diversity in his composts. #Groundswell2026 #compost

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And as if by magic those chairs have been filled! Nice #agroforestry starter session with Kinna Mosley and Ellen Smith. Packed to standing room only in the agroforestry tent showing how many people are still keen to learn about agroforestry.

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Come and see us at #Groundswell2026 - Julia and Guilia will be in the Soil Medic tent and Philippa, Lindsay and Rowan will be in the Agroforestry tent today. Hope to see you in those empty seats!