Organic Centre Wales [OCW] was established in 2000 as a focal point for the dissemination of information on organic food and farming to producers and other interested parties in Wales. In 2003, it was agreed that it should extend its focus to public education, public procurement, policy and strategy development, thus providing support to the whole of the organic community in Wales. It is based at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.





OCW is run by a partnership of five organizations actively involved in organic farming research and knowledge transfer in Wales: ADAS, Elm Farm Research Centre [EFRC], the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research [IGER], the Institute of Rural Sciences at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth [IRS] and the Soil Association.OCW core staff are responsible for the co-ordination of the different areas of activity, with the partners responsible for much of the delivery of services to producers and others. The funding for OCW comes from the Welsh Assembly Government [WAG] and Farming Connect [with additional support from the European Union EAGGF Objective 1 funds] to carry out the co-ordination functions, with additional funding for delivery through a separate WAG Organic Conversion Information Service contract and the Farming Connect Organic Development Programme.