Welcome to the Organic Growers Alliance, and to the first issue of The Organic Grower – its magazine.
Soil Association Scotland event, Aberdeen.
Includes talk by Iain Tolhurst on soil management in practice. SAC experts will also cover composting, (how to make it and how to use it) nutrient budgeting and ‘knowing your soil’ - including a practical session on taking soil samples and understanding different soil types.
Cost £34 plus VAT.
Telephone: 0131 666 0847 Lyn Matheson
For details: lmatheson@soilassociation.org
Mercia Organic Producers evening walk (6.30pm) hosted by Paul Chenery. Town Park Farm, Brooke, Oakham, Rutland LE15 8DG. See the wide range of herbs grown biodynamically for herbal medicines. They have been growing herbs and manufacturing a wide range of the finest fresh herbal extracts for almost ten years.
Cost: £2
Telephone: 024 7630 8200 Francis Rayns - www.rutlandbio.com
For details: psumption@hdra.org.uk Phil Sumption
Soil Association event,
Holm Lacey, Hereford. This is a practical event to help you consider where your farm is using energy and what can be done to reduce energy costs.
Cost: £38 plus VAT for licensees and food and farming members; £50 plus VAT for others.
Telephone: 0117 914 2400 Food and farming department
For details: ff@soilassociation.org
Hosted by John Davenport at Flights Orchard, Ledbury, Herefordshire
HR8 2JN. 2pm start.
Cost: £2.50 OGA members, £5 non-members.
Telephone: 01253 790 046
For details:
ogaevents@gwnhome.demon.co.uk
Tolhurst Organic. Hardwick Estate, Oxon. An opportunity to learn more about the precious resource under your feet, what it is how it works and above all how to nurture it, with the aim of improving your yields and reducing the need for inputs and energy use.
With Iain Tolhurst and Roger Hitchings.
Cost: £15 OGA members, £30 non-members.
Telephone: 01253 790 046
For details:
ogaevents@gwnhome.demon.co.uk
Hosted by Mike Westrip at Penpont nr Brecon LD3 8EU. Walled kitchen garden tour in afternoon plus evening barbecue and social. Camping possible.
Cost: £10 OGA members, £20 non-members.
Telephone: 01253 790 046
For details:
ogaevents@gwnhome.demon.co.uk
Soil Association Scotland event, Falkland Estate, Fife.
Covers rotations, tilling, green manures, mulching, weed control, pest control, harvesting, storage and refrigeration, yields and gross margins of different crops and varieties, how the theory and practice of organic production relates to standards.
Cost £34 plus VAT.
Telephone: 0131 666 0847 Lyn Matheson
For details: lmatheson@soilassociation.org
Soil Association Scotland event, Inverness
Cost £34 plus VAT.
Telephone: 0131 666 0847 Lyn Matheson
For details: lmatheson@soilassociation.org
Richard and Remke host. Stowey Rocks Farm, Over Stowey, Bridgwater, Somerset. www.plowrightorganicproduce.co.uk Farm walk starts at 2pm. Excellent example of an 80 acre farm with an award winning box scheme.
Cost: £2.50 for OGA members, £5 non-members.
Telephone: 01253 790 046
For details:
ogaevents@gwnhome.demon.co.uk
Hosted by Miles Denyer, Hankham Nurseries, Hankham, East Sussex, BN24 5BE. Farm walk starts at 2pm. Hankham Organics has 1.5 acres of glass, growing peppers, tomatoes etc. Box Scheme and wholesale.
Cost: £2.50 for OGA members, £5 non-members.
Telephone: 01253 790 046
For details: ogaevents@gwnhome.demon.co.uk
OGA Events
Bradshaw Lane Nursery
Pilling Preston
Lancashire
PR3 6AX
Telephone: 01253 790046
ogaevents@gwnhome.demon.co.uk
For an up to date list of events relevant to Organic Growers go to www.organicveg.org.uk