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What is Organic Centre Wales (OCW)? OCW is the national resource for consumers, farmers and policy makers committed to more sustainable food and farming in Wales. Set up in 2000, it delivers projects to support the organic sector for the Welsh Government.[link:about::About the Centre
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 NewsWelcome to the news page, where you can find out about developments in the organic sector in Wales and beyond. If you would like to submit a news item for this page, please contact . If you would like to receive either of our monthly e-mail bulletins, which summarize the news on this page, click here. All newsShow: All news General news News for producers News for consumers News for businesses Aspiring to Supply Chain Sustainability (01-02-2012)
A presentation given by Sue Fowler, Director OCW, to a workshop at the Elm Farm Organic Research Centre conference held on 16&17 January 2012 at Aston University, Birmingham. Full story OCW loses core funding (31-01-2012)
Welsh Government funding for OCIS and the Organic Centre Wales core activity ceased on the 31 December 2011. OCW staff will continue to deliver the Better Organic Business Links project. We are therefore forced to reduce the level of service... Full story School farmers market on Anglesey (30-01-2012)
Many schools in Wales have now organized their own farmers markets, helping children learn about food and business and promoting organic and local food. One of them is Valley Primary School in Anglesey, who also visited an organic farm. See... Full story Horticulture survey (26-01-2012)
ADAS and Horticulture Wales are inviting horticultural producers to take part in a survey of horticulture in Wales. To complete the survey, please follow this link: Horticulture survey It will only take 10-15 minutes. Horticulture is a varied and dispersed sector in... Full story Using the internet to develop your business (25-01-2012)
Using blogs, Twitter and Facebook to help your business was the subject of a free BOBL training course held recently at Betws-y-Coed. We will run more of these courses if there is demand, so please let us know. Also, have you... Full story Sustainability Toolkit (23-01-2012)
We have developed a new sustainability toolkit for organic businesses in Wales which will be published during February. The toolkit will help to support you improve your business sustainability by taking a step by step approach, and by understanding why... Full story Distributing organic food in north Wales (10-01-2012)
North Wales distribution firm Delsol signed a deal with Rhug Estates Organic Farm in Corwen before Christmas to deliver a wide range of organic produce to homes around the UK. “There is a huge demand for North Wales produce both... Full story Care farming in Wales (10-01-2012)
The Institute for Rural Health has published a report on the scope for developing care farming in Wales. In recent years care farming (the use of farms to provide therapeutic services, for instance for people with mental illness) has grown... Full story Sustainable Development Bill (05-01-2012)
The Welsh Government is committed to legislate on sustainable development in its Legislation Programme. This would •Make sustainable development the centre of all activities and decisions of the Welsh Government and public bodies in Wales; and •Create an independent sustainable development... Full story CAP reform consultation - Get involved (03-01-2012)
Earlier storiesAlun Davies, the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes, has extended an invitation to the Welsh public to comment on Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) reform and published a discussion paper to stimulate the debate. Tony Little from... Full story Providing information on organic food and farming in Wales
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