Two Events: National Soil Symposium & ORC Organic Producers’ Conference

Oct 21, 2014

National Soil Symposium 2014

25 November 2014

The Soil Association National Soils Symposium (25th November) will be held at St.Johns Hotel, 651 Warwick Rd, Solihull, West Midlands B91 1AT. The ORC Organic Producers’ Conference will be held at the same venue on 26-27th November.

ORC Organic Producers’ Conference

26 November 2014 to 27 November 2014

St.Johns Hotel, 651 Warwick Rd, Solihull B91 1AT

This year for the first time we are bringing together two popular organic events to allow more people to participate in both. The Soil Association’s National Soil Symposium (25th November) will be focusing on resilience. The ORC conference has producer-focused technical and business workshops on the first day (26th November), and a more specific focus on current research and innovation activities on the second day (27th November), with the aim of bringing producers, researchers, advisers and students together to make change happen!

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