Organic sector calls on Agriculture Ministers to prioritize agroecological innovation over techno-fixes
IFOAM Organics Europe urges Agriculture Ministers to uphold a systemic approach of innovation and sustainability in the food and farming sector, based on agroecology,...
Adoption nature restoration law gives hope for food & farming systems
IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the adoption of the Nature Restoration Law by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) today. Jan Plagge, IFOAM Organics Europe's President,...
Consumers Empowerment and Claims Substantiation: An end to greenwashing?
The UN Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information provides a definition for greenwashing. However, the current EU Cosmetics Regulation does not provide a means...
Run on patents continues: How big companies try to monopolize our food crops
Be it as grilled vegetables in traditional Spanish dishes like "escalivada" or "pimientos de padrón", or as a spice added to paella– we wouldn’t...
Corporate interests trump freedom of choice and biosafety
With the legislative proposal on new genomic techniques (NGTs), the European Commission decided to dismantle the EU’s current GMO framework threatening our health and...
OPTA Europe Forum: focus on measures to boost consumer demand and a more supportive...
At the Forum 'Are we on track to meet 25% of organic food & farming by 2030?' held on 4th July and kindly hosted by...
NGT proposal a step backward for biosafety, freedom of choice and consumers’ information
IFOAM Organics Europe considers the Commission’s proposal to deregulate "New Genomic Techniques" (NGTs) as misguided, dangerous for European seed autonomy, and a distraction from...
EU rules on green claims and labels: lost in translation?
In the European Green Deal, the Commission committed to tackle false environmental claims and reduce the risk of ‘green washing’. The answer to this...
More than 1.000 plant varieties affected by patents
According to recent research of No Patents on Seeds!, more than one thousand conventionally-bred varieties are already affected by European patents. Despite European patent...
European Organic Congress 2023 programme: The present and future of organic
From 26 to 28 September, Cordoba will host the most important event for the organic sector in Europe: the European Organic Congress (EOC23). Distribution,...
