Accelerating access to biocontrol in the EU: IFOAM Organics Europe issues recommendations
IFOAM Organics Europe publishes today a position paper on biocontrol, calling for concrete actions to improve the availability and uptake of these tools. "The...
Organic farming insufficiently addressed in draft EU Water Resilience Strategy
Following the leak of the European Commission’s draft Water Resilience Strategy, IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the draft’s prioritisation of nature-based solutions but expresses concern...
IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the recognition of organic farming green benefits in the CAP...
IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the positive recognition that organic farming is "green by definition" in the CAP simplification proposal presented today by the Commission,...
Hotspots for imports of organic products under EU «compliance» regime, new webinar by OPTA...
OPTA Europe is organising the webinar «Hotspots for imports of organic products under EU 'compliance' regime». The session will be held online on 19 May from 15-16...
Safeguarding an independent FP10: why EU research policy matters for the organic sector
On 10 April, TP Organics, the European Technology Platform for organic food and farming, coordinated efforts with 40 organisations from civil society, academia and...
New genomic techniques (NGT): OPTA Europe calls to protect organic industry and consumers with...
A new compromise on new genomic techniques (NGTs) will be discussed by the Ambassadors of the Permanent Representation of the Member States to the...
IFOAM Organics Europe calls for concrete action in the water resilience strategy to reduce...
IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the European Commission’s intention, outlined in the Vision on Agriculture and Food, to publish a Water Resilience Strategy. Addressing Europe’s...
Council position on NGT proposal fails to protect European breeders, farmers, and food industry
Member states' representatives decided to put in jeopardy the sovereignty and freedom of choice of European farmers and breeders by endorsing the Council's negotiating...
International School Meals Day: Call to EU policymakers for healthy, sustainable, organic meals for...
On this year's International School Meals Day, students, alongside delegates from IFOAM Organics Europe and ICLEI Europe, brought their call for healthy, sustainable and...
The new packaging regulation: what changes for organic products?
The organic sector, which has always been attentive to sustainability, is faced with a new regulatory challenge: the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR),...
