ALL-Ready – Boosting agroecology transition in the European Union

The scientific community agrees that the current agricultural systems are facing multiple environmental challenges. A transformative process A transformative process is crucial on different levels (scientific,...
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Organics and climate change

COP 26 in Glasgow clearly showed that the world is not on track to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. Nevertheless, natural disasters, people's...
Greenhouse Effect

OPTA Europe launches Manifesto for Organic Climate Action

Year by year the effects of climate change become more and more manifest to all of us: Melting Arctic areas, rising sea-levels, rising temperatures,...
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Are digital audits the future of organic certification?

For 30 years, organic regulators have been establishing organic control and inspection systems both at national and international levels. The result is a holistic...
Eco Living Scandinavia

Eco Life Scandinavia rebrands to Eco Living Scandinavia

Event organisers, Diversified Communications, have announced that Eco Life Scandinavia - the essential trade event for sustainable and organic products - will rebrand to...
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Christophe Barnouin (Ecotone): “We can literally put Biodiversity on the Menu every day”

Christophe Barnouin is the CEO of Ecotone, one of Europe’s largest organic and plant-based food companies. For 30 years Ecotone (formerly Wessanen) has committed...
Tradin Organic

Tradin Organic – Beyond Organic

Tradin Organic is the global front runner in organic food ingredients, with over 700 employees and 13 offices worldwide. They offer a full-service portfolio,...
organic fraud

Explaining organic fraud: a criminalistic approach

Selling conventional products as high-quality organic ones has become a sadly common income source for fraudsters worldwide. How come? To understand this, it’s worth...
IFOAM 20 years

2022: 20 years of making Europe more organic and the Year of Organic

20 years of organic’s unified voice in European policymaking: This year, the European organic movement will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Anniversaries mark a point...
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Regenerative agriculture: Opportunity, or threat to organic?

For decades, the term ‘regenerative agriculture’ existed largely in the margins of the sustainable food debate. But in the last few years it has...