Organic Farming

Organic Farming magazine is the UK's leading magazine on organic farming and growing. Published three times a year by the Soil Association, each edition keeps readers up-to-date with the latest news, policy issues and market information. There are technical features and reports on the latest field labs and research, covering all aspects of organic farming and growing.

Typical content includes:

· latest organic news

· features on livestock, horticulture and general farming topics

· research

· technical articles on soil, livestock, horticulture and arable topics

· interviews

· case histories

· business and market news

· update on the research and field labs carried out under the Innovative Farmers banner

Over the last two years we have seen local food come to the fore in the UK and it′s clear that sustainable, local food is key to a low carbon future. We look at local food hubs and report on an ambitious project to create a food system for Exeter. Jonathan Smith focuses on zero carbon farming, Rose Lewis writes about the exciting plans for Woodoaks, the new Soil Association Land Trust farm and Michael Wale looks at how comfrey is making a come back in compost.

In the technical section, Ben Raskin, explores the potential of woodchip, Carolyn Cox reports on controlling weeds in fieldscale vegetables and Megan Lea considers the options for overwintering cattle, while Rebecca Swinn reports on the Innovative Farmers field lab on living mulches.