Congrés Ecològic Europeu european organic congress 2020

European Organic Congress 2020 goes free & online from 1-3 July

This 2020's European Organic Congress will be celebrated online. The event is an interesting space of knowledge and debate for the professionals within the...
David Quammen

David Quammen: “We need a disaster to persuade us to change. Now we have...

David Quammen (1948, Cincinnati) is one of the most charismatic journalists and writers of the moment. He writes for National Geographic, New York Times,...

Eco Life Scandinavia and the Nordic Organic Food Fair postponed until 2021

This year’s Eco Life Scandinavia and the Nordic Organic Food Fair have sadly been postponed, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Scandinavia’s biggest international...
European Union: 25% of agriculture in the EU must be ecological by 2030

EU: 25% of agriculture must be organic by 2030

The European Commission recently published two new strategies: the Biodiversity Strategy and the Farm to Fork (F2F). The two strategies are mutually reinforcing, bringing together...
OFG Roger Kerr

Trade issues: maintaining organic standards, enabling fair trade by Roger Kerr

The Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee of the Welsh Assembly Government have been taking evidence that will inform their consideration of the...
Plant-based and CBD set the pace for UK natural products sector

Plant-based and CBD set the pace for UK natural products sector

As natural products industry professionals prepare to gather in London for next year Natural & Organic Products Europe event (18-19 April), a buoyant UK...
Ken Roseboro

Ken Roseboro: “Non-GMO is a big step for farmers and consumers”

Ken Roseboro was born in 1954 in Camden, New Jersey. He is editor of The Organic & Non-GMO Report and The Non-GMO Sourcebook, member of the...
It’s the Organic World Congress - don’t miss it!

It’s the Organic World Congress – don’t miss it!

In light of recent developments around covid-19, the Organic World Congress (OWC), the world’s largest organic gathering, has been postponed to September 8-10, 2021...
Eleven reasons why Europe needs to ban patents on food plants and farm animals

Eleven reasons why Europe needs to ban patents on food plants and farm animals

No Patents on Seeds! published a new report on patent applications for conventional plant and animal breeding which, according to European patent law, are...
Eileen Mooncup menstrual cup

Periods don’t stop for pandemics

We caught up with the Director Eileen Greene from Mooncup ltd, the company behind the original silicone menstrual cup. Mooncup is safe, healthy, sustainable...