East of England Organic Group

Attended an interesting and informative event today which was disappointingly poorly attended.  The invitation was sent out to about 80 organic farmers in the Eastern Counties but only 6 attended.  It is always of interest to discuss the recent harvest, the organic market, general issues about the organic sector as well as enjoying good company.

So what did we learn?

1. That the market remains weak but this is only to be expected given the general economic situation and did not seem of significant concern to those attending.
2. That nitrates seems to be magically made by passing water through sand.
3. How to control creeping thistles in a cereal rotation.  (No I'm not going to reveal how as you should have been there).

The basis of the success of these events is getting informed, interested and interesting people to attend and that is easy - you each have to make sure you put the date in your diary when Ken Kelso sends out the date of the next meeting and then not think you have something more important to do!