Information sources - organic farming

Our role models

Other organisations who help you support the purchase of organic farmland

Fordhall Farm Fordhall farm was rescued by its young tenant farmers, whose family had farmed it organically for years, from being sold for building development. They formed a company whose members bought shares that bought the farm tehy contunue to work. "One farmer 8000 landlords". With a different legal structure, Organic-Countryside CIC aims to be much the same as Fordhall Farm
Land Trust A farmland trust & charity with four farms in the west country, originally the Land Heritage Trust, now amalgamated with the Soil Association Land Trust
Organic certification There are four organisations who can certify English farmland as organic. We have chosen the Soil Association as our certification body
Soil Association The Soil Association is a charity that runs Soil Association Certification Ltd : the market leaders in UK organic producer and processor certification
Organic Farmers & Growers A commercial organic certification group - minimum EU organic legal standards
Organic Food Federation A commercial organic certification group - minimum EU organic legal standards
Biodynamic Agricultural Association Certification & information for biodynamic farming - a form of organic farming with mystic overtones
Organic research Online organic libraries and research information
Garden Organic Research, seed source for garden plants
Organic Research Centre Research and information service
DEFRA - organic farming Information, government grants, research findings, statistics
IFOAM International standards, statistics & information
Organic Eprints Online library of organic research
UK Agriculture - Organic DEFRA data made easy
Organic Centre Wales University based research & information
Organic Inform Information service from Organic Research Centre
EU Agriculture & rural development - organic EU site for organic farming data
Community Land & Local Food Online information & support services
Community Land Trust Everything you need to know about community land trusts
RSWT Local Food Grant aid for local food projects: lottery money
Making Local Food Work The Plunkett Foundation's organisation to "reconnect people and land through local food  increasing access to fresh, healthy, local food with clear, traceable origins"
Organic Portals Sites that bring together information on where to buy organic food and related sites
All things eco Directory of almost all aspects of organic food & farming
A lot of organics A search engine for everything organic
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Updated 12 th Sept 2009