Large caps land in the Spanish organic market
The rapid incursion of large corporations in the sector is changing the traditional structure and organization of the Spanish organic market. This is creating...
European organic market grew to more than 37 billion euros in 2017
The European organic market continues to grow. In 2017, it increased by almost 11 percent and reached 37.3 billion euros. Many of the major...
Eco Life Scandinavia and the Nordic Organic Food Fair postponed until 2021
This year’s Eco Life Scandinavia and the Nordic Organic Food Fair have sadly been postponed, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Scandinavia’s biggest international...
Deregulating New Genomic Techniques: Organic movement raises red flag
The organic food and farming movement criticises the Commission’s plan to work on a new legal framework for plants derived from New Genomic Techniques.
New...
BIOFACH Congress Theme 2022: Organic. Climate. Resilience.
Organic principles make agricultural and food production systems resilient and climate friendly. Organic farmers and eco food producers help strengthen the foundations of life...
European Patent Office calls the prohibition on the patenting of plants and animals from...
Today, in a public hearing on a patent on pepper plants owned by Syngenta (EP2753168), the Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office...
US: Taking the «natural» out of Natural Products Expo West
Natural Products Expo West recently returned as an in-person event after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show, which is organized...
Member states must set out concrete solutions to deliver an ambitious CAP reform
IFOAM EU (Brussels, 29/01/2018). - Agricultural Ministers today had a first of a series of in-depth exchanges, under the Bulgarian EU Presidency, on the...
Can organic agriculture improve yields and incomes for smallholder farmers in Africa?
Organic agriculture has the potential to improve both crop yields and incomes of smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa substantially – this is shown in...
Major new international organic trade fair to launch in Madrid
Leading international event organiser Diversified Communications has today announced the launch of Organic Food Iberia. This new trade show for Spain’s increasingly important organic...
