Seeds and Deeds - Collective plant breeding for reduced input farming

Event date: 
Tuesday, 9 June 2020 - 9:00am to 10:00am

Event date: 
Tuesday, 9 June 2020 - 9:00am to 10:00am
Location: 
Online event - Webinar
Related farming theme: 
Agroecological approaches
Organic farming
Cereals, oil seeds & pulses

AHDB-OF&G webinar

Bringing arable farmers and plant breeders together to help manage a reduced reliance on external inputs, improved gross margins with an agroecological transition for more resilient farm systems. 

Chair - Steven Jacobs, Organic Farmers and Growers with special guests - 

Farmer, Mark Lea, Green Acres Farm, Shropshire

Dr Ambrogio Costanzo, Organic Research Centre

Dr Phil Howell, NIAB

Emily Pope, AHDB 

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2215183184627372558

More about the organisation

OF&G

partner OF&G is one of the largest control bodies in the UK, certifying over 50% of UK organic land and operating across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including the Channel Islands and Isle of Man. OF&G has more than forty years experience in the organic sector and is the longest established Defra approved organic control body. The company’s headquarters are in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.