IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the EU RoadMap and proposal on the Organic Regulation
IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the European Commission’s Roadmap and its recognition that organic farming delivers a wide range of socio-economic and environmental benefits, that...
Revision of the Organic Regulation: EU organic industry welcomes limited progress but is concerned...
The European Commission has proposed a targeted revision of the organic regulation, intended to support the competitiveness of the sector by reducing the regulatory...
Food and feed safety omnibus: IFOAM Organics Europe condemns counterproductive weakening of pesticide rules...
Today, the European Commission presented the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus seeking to amend 10 major pieces of EU legislation, including Regulation (EC) 1107/2009...
Just 7 patents affect 145 conventionally bred plant varieties
Recent research conducted by No Patents on Seeds! revealed that the European Patent Office (EPO) granted around 40 patents claiming conventional breeding in 2025....
IFOAM Organics Europe warns the Council’s PRM position limits farmers’ choice and jeopardises agrobiodiversity
After more than two years of negotiations, COREPER today endorsed the Council’s common position on the production and marketing of plant reproductive material (PRM)...
Agreement of NGT trilogue poses a big risk to European food sovereignty: Parliament must...
Following strong political pressures surrounding the legislative proposal of so-called “New Genomic Techniques”, EU institutions have reached a provisional agreement with major deficiencies for...
EU Bioeconomy Strategy: IFOAM Organics Europe calls for greater recognition of sustainable production methods...
IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the publication of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy and its objective to move away from fossil fuel materials by favoring sustainable...
IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the European Parliament own-initiative report on increasing access to biocontrol,...
IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the adoption of the European Parliament's own-initiative report on biocontrol, which calls for a faster registration and uptake of biocontrol....
The inability to establish a common roadmap for the energy transition defines COP 30
Between November 10 and 21, the major international climate change conference, COP30, was held in Belém, Brazil. The summit was characterized by a significant...
Organic, agroecology & agroforestry for nature restoration
A year after the EU’s Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR) entered into force, and as Member States are in the process of drafting the national...
