Posted February 29th, 2012
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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Posted December 7th, 2011
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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Posted December 7th, 2011
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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Posted October 6th, 2011
Next week (October 13, to be precise) sees the third annual running of our Selling Organic series of conferences at which we bring together some of the sector’s greatest minds to share their expertise and examine the state of the market. We’re really pleased with this year’s line-up of speakers, which has some fresh faces…
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Posted July 21st, 2011
Over the four years we have now run National Organic Cereals the event has gone from strength-to-strength. Each year we find ourselves wondering if we can achieve the same success in 12 months time and, so far, each time we feel like we’ve done just that.
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Posted June 15th, 2011
OF&G licensees, Jayne and Robert Lammie, are featured in a really nice piece in The Ecologist, which sent its Matilda Lee to stay in their Devon farm’s luxury tents. And do read to the end, where Jayne is quoted talking about their dairy herd. Enlightening. Down on the farm in Devon – Green Living –…
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Posted May 19th, 2011
“You’re doing what?” probably sums up some of the reactions here at OF&G when the newest addition to our producer certification team announced he was going to ride the length of the UK.
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Posted March 30th, 2011
Bill Allen was a director of OF&G and an advisor to the Organic Livestock Marketing Co-operative (OLMC). He commanded tremendous respect among those who worked with him or benefited from his expert knowledge of organic livestock. This is why, after he passed away in 2005, OF&G and OLMC joined forces to create the Bill Allen Memorial Award. This year, it gives…
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Posted March 8th, 2011
We were delighted to discover that our very own R&D Officer, Steven Jacobs, has been shortlisted for the Natural Products Outstanding Achievement Award.
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Posted January 27th, 2011
We were absolutely delighted today to receive photographs of a young man proudly wearing his new jumper – made by his grandmother to the Farmers Weekly pattern we sent her.
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