Information sources - organic farming |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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