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Seeding change: Seed sovereignty inspiration from overseas

resource Organic Growers Alliance (OGA) Footage of a workshop session held at Organic Matters 2022 exploring vegetable landraces, diverse varieties and the celebration and culture of seed.

Organic farming, Roots & horticulture, Markets & food systems, People & skills
Horticultural frontiers: Realising the climate resilient potential of perennials and edible cacti

resource Organic Growers Alliance (OGA) Recording of a workshop held at the Organic Growers Alliance (OGA)'s Organic Matters 2022 horticultural conference, focusing on perennial vegetables as crops that can potentially...

Pests & diseases, Roots & horticulture, Markets & food systems, People & skills, Climate
Short-term green manures for intensively cultivated horticultural soils

resource AHDB Horticulture A GREATsoils factsheet detailing the main green manure species suitable for use in high value vegetable and salad rotations and summarising benefits they can bring

Type, texture & structure, Rotations, Organic matter, Roots & horticulture, Crop nutrition & fertility building, People & skills
Mulch systems and rotational no-till in vegetable farming

resource Organic Growers Alliance (OGA) Organic Grower article explaining a system German grower Johannes Storch created using cover crops, grass and silage as mulch and the MulchTec planter he and...

Compaction & cultivation, Rotations, Organic matter, Weeds, Roots & horticulture, Crop nutrition & fertility building, Buildings & machinery, People & skills
Heritage Seed Library Seed Saving Guidelines

resource Garden Organic Garden Organic’s useful guide to seed saving; the whys and hows, and taking you through different steps of seed saving for some well-known vegetable and...

Roots & horticulture, Markets & food systems, People & skills
Novel vegetables: Observations on growing a range of tropical crops

resource Duchy College / Farm Cornwall Interested in diversifying? Perhaps growing some tropical crops? This report provides some useful insights from some trials run in West Cornwall.

Weeds, Pests & diseases, Roots & horticulture, Markets & food systems
Weed Control in Organic Vegetable Cultivation

resource Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) & Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC) A FiBL technical guide packed with useful information on weed control strategies and techniques.

Buildings & machinery, People & skills, Roots & horticulture, Weeds
Sustainable Control of Crop Pests

resource Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust A summary of biological pest control methods for major UK crops for farmers and growers.

Pests & diseases, People & skills
Fruit trees improve land and productivity

resource Woodland Trust Farmer case study on using trees to improve productivity on a mixed farm, providing shelter for vegetable crops and additional market products.

Agroforestry, Markets & food systems, Roots & horticulture