Demand for organic products in Portugal on the rise

The area under organic farming represents 7% of the country’s utilised agricultural area (UAA), of which around 79% is located in the Alentejo and...

David Caré (Ecotone): «The organic specialized channel is returning to levels...

David Caré is the newly appointed Managing Director France HFS and Southern Europe at Ecotone. Ecotone is committed to making organic food mainstream under...

Registration is now open for the Free From & Specialty Food+Wine...

With the European free-from food market poised to grow at a CAGR of 13.34 % by 20301, over 5,000 visitors – including retailers, traders,...

BIOFACH 2025: Taking action for ecological change

With a strong international turnout of more than 35,000 visitors from 140 countries, BIOFACH 2025 closes its doors after four days. Expectations for the...

UK: Weleda welcomes MP Adam Thompson to its new logistics centre

Sustainable health and beauty pioneer Weleda was delighted to welcome Erewash Member of Parliament Adam Thompson to its new Derbyshire logistics centre at Etiquette...

Organic regions and cities; empowerment of local organic

Two years ago I transferred from the international organic EU-lobby to the development of organic regional cooperations. Essentially, a transfer from the never ending...

Austria: Organic market on the rise – consumers are increasingly opting...

The latest RollAMA figures show that the market for organic food continued to gain momentum in 2024. This highlights the strong commitment of consumers...

UK organic market bounces back and begins to outperform non-organic

The UK organic market has emerged strongly from the cost-of-living crisis, with a shared determination to meet the challenges and opportunities ahead. That delivers...

Taking the pulse of the global organic movement

The Organic World Congress (OWC) in Taiwan has not been the biggest of its kind. However, the conference marks an invaluable milestone and perfectly...

Heavy pesticide exposure poses similar cancer risk as smoking

We all know the link to tobacco, but what about pesticides? A new U.S. study found that living in agricultural areas with heavy pesticide...

Almost 11 percent of agricultural land in the European Union is...

The European Union's organic area continued to grow steadily in 2023, reaching 17.7 million hectares, which accounts for 10.9 percent of the total farmland....

Global organic area nears 99 million hectares – organic market back...

The global organic farming area expanded by 2.6 percent in 2023, bringing the total to 98.9 million hectares, managed by 4.3 million organic producers....