school meals

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),...
“new genomic techniques”

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

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...
traditional breeding

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

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...
MERCOSUR

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...
Game-changing policies

Game-changing policies are needed to make it a ‘high five’

As the five-year countdown to the 25%-organic-by-2030 target begins, will 2025 bring the 'game-changing' policies leading organic advocates are calling for? 2025 is a...

EU policies should support farmers to reduce harmful pesticides

IFOAM Organics Europe launches a campaign to raise awareness of the social, economic and environmental impacts of synthetic pesticides on our communities, and to...
Fit4Future Platform

OPTA Europe applauds the call from agriculture ministers to reduce the burden on organic...

In 2024 the Fit4Future Platform was tasked to advise the EU Commission in simplifying the legislation governing the organic sector and making it easier...