Today the EU Commission revealed the finalists of the 2024 EU Organic Awards, the EU-wide yearly initiative recognising organic actors who have developed excellent, innovative and inspiring projects that advance organic food and farming. 24 finalists from 12 EU countries were selected across 8 different categories – We congratulate them for their outstanding projects and for making it so far in the selection process!
The winners will be unveiled at the official ceremony in Brussels on 23 September, as part of a series of events and activities celebrating the annual EU Organic Day. Officially launched in 2021 by the European Parliament, the Commission, and the Council of the European Union, this day represents the occasion to celebrate organic as a model to follow and an opportunity to evaluate Europe’s progress towards achieving its goal of 25% organic land by 2030, trends in consumer demand, awareness of organic in the supply chain and the implementation of the EU Organic Action Plan.
This year’s finalists of the EU Organic Awards in each category are:
Best organic farmer (female)
- Blagovesta Vasilieva, The wild farm (ДИВАТА ФЕРМА), Gorno Pole, Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria
- Caroline Devillers, Bel Go Bio, Hollogne-sur-Geer, province of Liège, Belgique
- Reinhild Frech-Emmelmann, Reinsaat GmbH, St. Leonhard am Hornerwald, Lower Austria, Austria
Best organic farmer (male)
- Gianpaolo Mancini, Il sentiero del Riccio, Sicignano degli Alburni, Salerno, Italy
- Tommi Hasu, LuomuMattinen, Oravala, Kouvola, Finland
- Benny Schöpf, Kartoffelkombinat, München, Bavaria, Germany
Best organic region
- Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Tâmega e Barroso, Chaves, Portugal
- Comunidad autónoma de Castilla – La Mancha, Spain
- South Savo, Finland
Best organic city
- BioStadt Bremen, Germany
- Cascais, Lisbon district, Portugal
- Las Rozas, Community of Madrid, Spain
Best organic “bio-district”
- Distretto del Cibo Monregalese-Cebano, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
- Bioregião de S. Pedro do Sul, Viseu district, Beira alta, Portugal
- Sörmland Bio-district, Sörmland, Sweden
Best organic food processing SME (Small and Medium Enterprises)
- Biologon GmbH, Hochfilzen, Tyrol, Austria
- Gino Girolomoni Cooperativa Agricola, Isola del Piano, Montebello, Marche, Italy
- Organic veggie food GmbH/SOTO organic specialities, Bad Endorf, Bavaria, Germany
Best organic food retailer
- BIOGAST GmbH, Zwettl, Lower Austria, Austria
- Coolanowle Organic Meats, Ballickmoyler, County Laois, Ireland
- SAiFRESC, Catarroja, Valencian Community, Spain
Best organic restaurant/food service
- B2 Bio pur GmbH, Binsdorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Biohotel St. Daniel, Štanjel, Primórska region, Slovenia
- Kalf & Hansen, Stockholm, Sweden
We wish them best of luck and look forward to getting to know them better in the weeks ahead of the awards ceremony.
Further information available at www.organicseurope.bio
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