Organic Farm Knowledge

Dear followers 🌱 due to recent developments, we as the Organic Farm Knowledge Team have decided to no longer use X for our communication. Please follow us on these alternative platforms: ➡️ Facebook: facebook.com/organicfarmkno… ➡️ Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/720537…

🌱Join us for our Open Day webinar on 18 March! We'll offer a comprehensive and engaging introduction to IFOAM Organics Europe to relevant organisations & companies.✨ The event is invite-only, but if you would like to join, reach out to us at 📩 membership@organicseurope.bio.

Hedges as a valuable component of #biodiversity enhancement in #organic orchards 🍒 ➡️ Latest @biofruitnet Practice Abstract 📰 ➡️ Benefits, practical recommendations, planting and care 🌱 🔗 Link to tool: organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/44717

New video: The fight against #mildew fungi - Newly grown PIWI vines in the first year 🍇 ➡️ Get to know more about the selection of new fungus-resistant #grape varieties 🍇 🔗 Link to too: organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/53761

New Podcast Introduces Organic Farm Knowledge Platform – Now Available on YouTube! 🎙️ 🌱 ➡️ Get to know the platform, its key features, its purpose, key functions, and #resources available to support #organicfarmers 🧑‍💻 🔗 Link to the podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=uS3UOI…

Conversion to full #grazing – experiences of Heiko Stelling from Northern Germany 🐄 ➡️ The switch to full grazing with seasonal autumn calving and its positive effects 🌱 🔗 Link to tool: organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/54377

Using biodiversity to stimulate wild bees in the orchard 🐝 ➡️ Learn more about using nest boxes and #biodiversity in the orchard to attract wild #bees with this @biofruitnet Practice Abstract 📰 🔗 organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/44992

Latest @PPILOWH2020 Practice Abstract about: Mobile farrowing huts for sows and piglets 🐷 ➡️ About improving welfare of #sows and #piglets in outdoor production systems 🐖 🔗 Link to tool: organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/53703

Save the date for the following webinar: ➡️ Permaculture for #Sustainable Development 🌎 📅 When? 4 sessions on March 11, 13, 20 and 27 🔗 More info here: organic-farmknowledge.org/news-events/ne…

Interested in #ClimateSmart livestock production? 🐐 ➡️Check out this @FAO e-Learning Academy Course 💻 🔗 Link to tool: organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/54308

Latest tool: Promoting biodiversity in #viticulture🍇 ➡️ Info on various biodiversity measures such as natural planting, flower strips, #extensive maintenance, cutting of greenery, rotary mower and mechanical defoliation use and more 🌱 🔗 Link to tool: organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/54364

New Strategic guide on Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) 📰 ➡️ Get evidence-based insights on good practices and recommendations to strengthen #SFSCs according to the three pillars of #sustainability 🌎 Link to tool: organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/54466

Save the date for an upcoming @OrganicsEurope webinar: ❓What: Impacts of the New EU #organic Regulation on Smallholder Value Chains 🇪🇺 📅 When: March 25th, 2025 ➡️ More info here: organic-farmknowledge.org/news-events/ne…

Alternate mowing is a cheap, easy and fast measure to raise food and nesting supply of natural antagonists 🐞 ➡️ Learn about #alternatemowing in organic orchards as a #biodiversity measure with this @biofruitnet Practice Abstract 📰 🔗 Link to tool: organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/44994

Latest @intercropvalues tool: Reducing risk of grain #legume production through #intercropping in temperate climates 🫘 ➡️ Promising results in terms of grain #yields, #weedsuppression and reduced lodging of intercropping in Sweden 🌱 🔗 Link to tool: organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/53671

The consumption of farmed & organic #fish in italy 🐟 ➡️ Valuable insights from a consumer survey for the #organic aquaculture sector in Italy 🇮🇹 🔗 Link to tool: organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/53572

We need your help! Take part in this @E_SPFdigit survey about: ➡️ Practitioners needs regarding onsite #digitaltechnologies to monitor nutrients, chemical & biological stressors in both soil & plants for food safety & nutrition 💻 ➡️ More info here: organic-farmknowledge.org/news-events/ne…

📣 Calling all innovative organic advisory services: The Horizon Europe Project OrganicAdviceNetwork is excited to announce the Innovative Organic Advice Contest 2025. ℹ️ organic-farmknowledge.org/news-events/ne…

The mEATquality Practice Abstracts are now available on the Organic Farm Knowledge Platform. Enhance meat quality and sustainability with these valuable insights! @WUR @up_poznan @crpasocial @AarhusUni_int @Ecovalia @EU_H2020 @farm_knowledge

Cover crops (living mulches) in the tree row of #organic orchards: why and how? 🌳 ➡️ Find out with the latest @biofruitnet Practice Abstract 🌳 🔗 Link to tool: organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/44786