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ORICoop is pleased to be working with partners across Australia and the globe, to expand our understanding of organic farming, agro-ecology, regenerative farming systems, succession in farming, localised food, Investment and Co-operatives. Enjoy the expansion of these resources, and watch as these resources grow!
Volunteer and be part of the restoration from bushfires
We are calling out to communities, businesses and farmers to continue to support bushfire affected organic farmers. ORICoop continues to walk with these farmers - and we need your help! You can register to volunteer for the upcoming ‘Organic Farm Blitz’, with a farm...
Bushfire recovery that restores ecological hope
Earlier this year as part of the Organic Farmers Bushfire Appeal, we put out a call for people to support our friends in East Gippsland and purchase trees for landholders in areas that had been devastated by the February fires. Many people heard the call, and together...
ORICoop Online Workshop Series launches
"Never has it been more necessary to find solidarity with those whose values align and more important to garner skills from those who have beaten the path before us. ORICoop with the support of BCCM have created an online workshop series to help us all...
What is your carbon footprint?
The Organic and Regenerative Investment Co-operative (ORICoop) is focussed on bringing together farmers, friends and businesses for the better. ORICoop exists to increase the productivity and profitability of organically and regeneratively managed land in Australia,...
It’s that ‘Resilience’ time of the year
As the end of this financial year runs to screaming halt - it’s time for us to take stock, and assess the type of world we live in - and how each one of us could be part of the solution to a better world! Given the incredible outcomes of the Organic Farmers Bushfire...
Bushfire Recovery in the midst for these farmers
The Organic & Regenerative Investment Cooperative kicked off the Organic Farmers Bushfire Appeal with the fires in November 2020. What started as a $12,000 load of hay to NSW bushfire affected farmers has grown into a significant appeal. Now capturing more than...
Post Bushfire Recovery – It starts under our feet
The stories are shadowed right now by COVID - 19, but we know these bushfire affected farmers are rising from the ashes, and their resilience will be a shining light to all of us. We are thinking of the regional communities affected by bushfires, and their impending...
What does COVID-19 mean for farming and our food system?
As we launch into such uncertain times - it is critical we connect local farmers, food, events (virtually) and encourage all of use to look out for each other and see the world through old wise eyes. Our grandparents lived through war times, of basic rations, of raw...
Blazing new trails beyond the bushfires
Story by Eva Peroni. Reprinted from Sustainable Food Trust It’s hard to paint an accurate picture that encapsulates the scale and extent of Australia’s current bushfire season, and with more than 50 separate fires still burning across the continent at the time of...
COMMUNITY LED BUSHFIRE RECOVERY ACTION
“The support we have received has been brilliant. More than you know, you have all supported us and helped us to rise beyond the ashes. Thank you.” Those are the words of Christine and Chris Watts from Blue Sky Organics (above left pic - with Ian Watts on the right)....