There is massive value in winning awards. Look at it this way – once you’ve been crowned best of the bunch for your product or service, you can forever preface your company name with ‘award-winning’. Being independently judged to be ahead of the pack sends a powerful message to your potential customers. So, with that in…
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Not so many years ago most farm businesses would not have felt broadband connectivity to be the necessity it is today. But as the world has rapidly moved online, internet access has failed to keep pace in rural areas. While city dwellers are now relishing the prospect of 100Mbit connection speeds (and even beyond) with…
Read More ...It’s that time of year when the lambs are not the only ones to get in a bit of gamboling practice. Allegedly (and it is only alleged, given the recent chilly turn in the weather) spring has sprung and the annual opening of the cow shed is well known to be met with glee by herds ready…
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There may have been some popping of corks in organic vineyards across the EU with the announcement that they can now create a product actually called ‘organic wine’. Eagle-eyed people looking for a certified product before now might have noticed that the only reference on the label was that the wine was ‘made from organically…
Read More ...OF&Gs’ Certification & Compliance Manager, Steve Clarkson, is currently in China as part of a British Council-organised forum on eco-agriculture. Steve’s role is to share his vast experience of the benefits and practical aspects of operating robust organic certification and today he made his presentation to the forum, which is taking place in Chongqing, a…
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The agreement between the EU and the US to recognise each other’s organic standards, as revealed in just the last week, really is a pretty big deal. To those outside the organic sector, its probably just another dry trade agreement story. But for those who have a product to sell, in some cases it could…
Read More ...Every now and then the BBC’s popular Countryfile programme revisits the topic of organic food and farming. Of course, such high profile coverage of organics is always to be welcomed and this was a rounded and well-balanced feature. The trouble is it always feels a bit like they are giving it the ‘organics by numbers’…
Read More ...As of December 31st, 2011, all core funding for Organic Centre Wales has ceased. This news came as a very unwelcome blow to all involved in the sector and throws up an awful lot of questions around the future of support for organic food and farming in Wales. OCW has long been involved in many,…
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Overalls. Not the most flattering of attire at the best of times, but they’re there to do a job and they are a mainstay of the farming world. However one of our licensee’s was unfortunate enough today to have our Certification Manager, Steve Clarkson, walking behind him toting a camera-equipped smartphone when the elements conspired…
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In a world where pretty much everything seems to happen online now, you would expect there to be a wealth of useful content on the practical aspects of organic farming. Somewhere among all those celebrity tantrums on Twitter and videos of cute kittens doing funny things, there really is a wealth of helpful, real world…
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