High stakes decade: European Organic Congress 2022 round-up

The mood was sombre at the opening session of the European Organic Congress 2022 – staged in Bordeaux, France – as participants demonstrated solidarity...
IFOAM 20 years

2022: 20 years of making Europe more organic and the Year of Organic

20 years of organic’s unified voice in European policymaking: This year, the European organic movement will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Anniversaries mark a point...
Farm to Fork Patatas Ecológicas

Farm to Fork: the role of organic and digital training activities to reach the...

In May 2020, the European Commission published the Farm to Fork strategy as a key element of the European Green Deal (new EU growth...
agriculutra ecológica

Fill the dish with 25% organic in 2030: additional targets and instruments for market...

Thursday morning at 9.00 the BIOFACH eSpecial congress started with the question what instruments are needed to fulfil the Farm to Fork aim of...
On the way to a harmonized approach for residue handling in the EU

On the way to a harmonized approach for residue handling in the EU

FiBL-OPTA study has evaluated the four main approaches for handling residue cases in organic products which are currently applied in the EU. It shows...
Taxation can be a tool towards true cost accounting according to new study

Taxation can be a tool towards true cost accounting according to new study

Conventional potato cultivation in Germany costs €1298/hectare in ground water pollution alone. For organic potato production the cost on ground water pollution decreases to...