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10th European Organic Congress – Shape agriculture and food systems

We are happy to confirm that Martijn van Dam, the Dutch Minister for Agriculture, will be opening the congress and setting the stage for two...
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German organic market grows to 8.6 billion euros

According to the calculation of the organic market working group, total turnover of organic food and beverages grew in 2015 by 11.1% to €8.62bn....
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Guide 2016 “Your Spanish Organic Food Partners” follows its way throughout all the year

Successful diffusion of the Guide 2016 “Your Spanish Organic Food Partners”. During the last edition of BioFach from 10 to 13 February in Nuremberg, Bio...
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Record number of visitors at BioFach and Vivaness

As NürnbergMesse announced at the end of the four-day industry get-together in Nuremberg, approximately 48,000 visitors attended this year’s trade fair duo BioFach and Vivaness...

43.7 million hectares of organic land worldwide

Global organic growth continues! The latest global data on organic farming presented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM – Organics International at the BioFach fair 2016...
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Monsanto’s Glyphosate now most heavily used weed-killer in history – nearly 75% of all...

A new paper published in Environmental Sciences Europe confirms there has been a dramatic increase in the total volume of glyphosate applied to crops across the world....
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BIIO: Platform for marketing Indian organic products

The Indian organic market and in particular production have developed rapidly in recent years. India’s 650,000 organic farmers make it the country with the...
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Monsanto on trial for Crimes Against Human Health and Envirnment in the International People’s...

IFOAM – Organics International, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), Navdanya, Regeneration International (RI) and Millions Against Monsanto have been joined by dozens of global...
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Your Spanish Organic Food Partners, Guide 2016 is now available

Read the entire Guide in PDF Read the entire Guide in ISSUU (Digital Book) Now is available the Guide 2016 Your Spanish Organic Food Partners. Top...
European Patent Office again grants patent on melons: “One single mutation is sufficient to patent a whole vegetable garden” / La Oficina Europea de Patentes vuelve a otorgar patentes sobre melones: "Una sola mutación es suficiente para patentar un huerto entero" / L'Oficina Europea de Patents torna a atorgar patents sobre melons: "Una sola mutació és suficient per patentar un hort sencer"

European Patent Office revokes Monsanto patent on melons

Today, the European Patent Office (EPO) revoked a Monsanto-owned patent on melons for technical reasons. For years, the EPO used a biased interpretation of...