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),...
Latest compromise text on “new genomic techniques” has severe deficiencies with worrisome consequences for...
According to IFOAM Organics Europe, the latest draft compromise text on the legislative proposal on so-called “New Genomic Techniques” (NGTs) presented to Member States...
Regenerative organic
Since the start of the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork strategie we are faced with some new strategies by conventional agrifood businesses...
Patents threaten traditional breeding and food sovereignty in Europe
More and more plant breeders are looking to the future with concern when faced with the opaque European patent system and the growing number...
European Union policies, crucial for organic food and farming
European Union policies and politics have a big influence on the operations of organic and conventional businesses. More and more policies directly and indirectly...
EU-MERCOSUR agreement: how does it affect organic production?
After more than 25 years of negotiations, the agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) was signed...
