organic news

May 29, 2016

There’s a new road movie from the Access to Land partnership. The Land for our Food is a documentary movie produced by the Access to Land network and directed by Julio Molina. The video takes us on the journey of Gavin Bridger, a grower from the Community Supported Agriculture project of Farnham Local Food in England, through various European countries in his quest of accessing land for agroecological farming.

The Farnham community food project is actually in search of land and Gavin discovers that this is far from an isolated problem! All over Europe the difficulty to find suitable and affordable land is posing a great barrier to the development of sustainable and often small-scale agriculture. His mentor, Rachel Harries from the Soil Association, links Gavin up to the Access to Land network and the journey is on its way. The film lasts for thirty-four minutes and provides insights into the contexts and approaches of civil society initiatives from various countries in Europe regarding access to land – and much, much more. www.accesstoland.eu/film-Land-for-our-food 

Horticulture Week recently reported on Soil Association findings that indicate bees can be exposed to more pesticides from contaminated wildflowers than from crops on farms. The report showed 97 per cent of the neonicotinoids brought back to honeybee hives in pollen could come from wildflowers – not oilseed rape.
For more detail: http://goo.gl/PbTEwg 

National Organic Combinable Crops 2016
7 July 2016

The 2016 National Organic Combinable Crops event will be hosted by Richard Morris at Wimpole Hall estate, in Cambridgeshire

See this video on the advance planning for the event https://youtu.be/t9OE9jH8vnI

More at www.organicfarmers.org.uk 

Agricology Open Day at Daylesford
28 June 2016

Inaugural Agricology Open Day at Daylesford Organic Farm, Gloucestershire.
Farm tour and gathering of partners and experts

More at http://goo.gl/EZO9ve

Episode 7 – Claudio Pozzi

Episode 7 – Claudio Pozzi

The guest of this episode is Claudio Pozzi from WWOOF Italia. Despite being the founder of WWOOF Italia, Claudio played a key role in the early development of the Federation of WWOOF Organisation. His long term involvement and his vision of the WWOOF movement are very...

WWOOF UK needs YOU! We’re recruiting Trustees

WWOOF UK needs YOU! We’re recruiting Trustees

Would you like to join an existing group of five dedicated individuals who are committed to overseeing the direction of WWOOF UK? Do you want to help more people experience first-hand the meaningful connection to self, land and others that immersion in a low impact...

25% off WWOOF UK membership until 2nd April

25% off WWOOF UK membership until 2nd April

Use discount code DAFFODILS when you sign up before the 2nd April for a 25% discount on any WWOOF UK membership. Don't be an April fool and miss out on this great discount! We have lots of hosts eagerly awaiting new enthusiastic WWOOFers for the season, and plenty of...

Follow up ‘Rat Control’ responses

Follow up ‘Rat Control’ responses

Thank you all for such a great array of responses to the #PennToPaper Rat Control article in the last newsletter. If you didn’t get around to reading it or want to refresh your memory, then here’s the link. Read on to explore the answers you all contributed, and don't...

Lesley Gorski a WWOOFing legacy

Lesley Gorski a WWOOFing legacy

Last year, we received the sombre news that long-standing WWOOFer Lesley Gorski had passed away. We were very saddened to hear this news as Lesley was well known by WWOOF staff, and had been one of the last remaining old-school members still using the...