European organic market reached €52 billion in 2020

The European organic market reached a record high in 2020. It increased by 15 percent and reached €52.0 billion, the highest growth rate in...
BIOFACH and VIVANESS 2020: Global sector gathering wows more than 47,000 trade visitors

Organic sector takes stock and looks forward to summer edition of BIOFACH and VIVANESS...

Following their postponement due to the pandemic, BIOFACH and VIVANESS will now take place as a ‘summer edition’ from 26–29 July 2022. On 15...
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New salt certification: not organic enough?

In January, the new Regulation (EU) 2018/848 for organic production was launched. This brought the application of organic production rules to new products, such...

UK Organic Market hits £3 billion mark as sales grow by 5.2%

UK organic market now worth a record £3.05 billion, Soil Association 2022 Organic Market Report published reveals. Despite Brexit and Covid-19 situations, organic market...
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The 2022 food trends that will shape the future of organic

Around this time of year consumer research companies and marketing analysts unleash a barrage of predictions about food industry and health trends. In fact,...

Craig Sams: «John Lennon and Yoko Ono were regulars»

Craig Sams is something of a legend on the UK organic food scene. He’s the founder of iconic brands such as Green & Black’s...
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“Organic creates the best balance for productivity, sustainability and health”

The third OPTA Europe Political Dialogue, held on 1 February, showed great consensus that organic food and farming is the right solution for the...
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EU organic movement calls on Member States to provide reliable data on organic and...

As the first trialogue on the Regulation on Statistics on Agricultural Inputs and Outputs (SAIO) takes place on 3 February, IFOAM Organics Europe calls...

Sweden, Finland, Belgium and The Netherlands join forces to promote organic

Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands and Belgium are joining forces to stimulate the sales of organic products. On February 1st the four European countries together...
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New world record for use of pesticides: a call for action for EU Commission...

The aim of the EU Commission Farm to Fork strategy to reduce pesticide use with 50% in 2030 seems far, far out of sight....