Terms & Conditions

Terms of Website Use (last updated January 2021)

The following provisions (together with the documents referred to) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website www.agricology.co.uk (our site). Use of our site includes accessing or browsing.

Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use the site, as these will apply to your use of our site.  We recommend that you print a copy of this for future reference. By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site.

Other applicable terms

These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:

Our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

Information about us

www.agricology.co.uk is a site operated by the Organic Research Centre ("We").

Our postal address is Trent Lodge, Stroud Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6JN. Agricology is a division of the Organic Research Centre (ORC). ORC’s registered name is the Progressive Farming Trust Limited, a registered charity in England and Wales (281276), and a limited company registered no. 1513190 (England and Wales).Our telephone number is +44 (0) 1488 658298.  You can contact us by email using enquiries@agricology.co.uk.

Changes to these terms

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page.

Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.

Changes to our site

We may update our site from time to time, and may change the content at any time. However, please note that any of the content on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it.

We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.

Accessing our site

Our site is made available free of charge.

We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted.  We provide the site and its contents on an ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis. Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis.  We do not represent or warranty that access to the site, or any part of it, will be uninterrupted, reliable or fault free. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

Acceptable Use

You may use our site only for lawful purposes.  You may not use our site:

  • In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
  • In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
  • For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
  • To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

You also agree:

  • Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of our terms of website use.
  • Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
  • Any part of our site;
  • Any equipment or network on which our site is stored;
  • Any software used in the provision of our site; or
  • Any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
  • Not to use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the site for any purpose without our express written permission; and
  • Not to bypass measures we may use now or in the future to prevent or restrict access to the site or certain information contained therein.

Intellectual Property Rights

Any documents, images, copyright, trademarks, logos and service marks (where applicable) displayed on the site (including the manner in which the site is presented or appears and all information and documentation relating thereto) are owned and shall remain our sole property or are licensed by us and reproduced under the authority of their owner no person is granted any rights in the same.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from the accompanying text as shown on the site.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

No reliance on information

The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site and to ensure it is accurate and up to date, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, of any kind, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.  We accept no responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content and shall not notify you when any information has been amended.

Limitation of our liability

Except to the extent stated in these conditions or otherwise agreed in writing we shall have no obligation, duty or liability in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty) or otherwise howsoever whether or not due to our negligence in connection with the use of the site or as a result of use of the information or materials on the site other than for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation made by us or on the part of our employees whilst acting in the course of their employment. In particular neither we nor any of our directors, employees or representatives will be liable for consequential loss or damage suffered, directly or indirectly, by any person arising from the operation or use of the site, or for any wasted time or expenditure, loss of data, income or profits, production, business revenue, expected savings or goodwill, loss of or damage to property or any claim by any person.  Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Viruses

We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

Linking to our site

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.

You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you.

Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

If you wish to make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please contact enquiries@agricology.co.uk.

Third party links and resources in our site

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only.

We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Applicable law

These terms of use, its subject matter and its formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree to that the courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction. However, if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.  The information contained in the site may not satisfy the laws of any other country.  If you access the site from outside the United Kingdom you do so on your own initiative. 

General

Each of the paragraphs of these Terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.

Trade marks

The Agricology logo on this site is a trademark of the Organic Research Centre. 

CONTACT US

If you have any queries, complaints, suggestions or comments about material which appears on our site, please contact enquiries@agricology.co.uk.  

Thank you for visiting our site.