New exhibition director for BIOFACH
There are new developments at BIOFACH, World Leading Lrade Trade Fair for Organic Food. In July 2023, Steffen Waris took on the role of...
Join the International Day of Natural Cosmetics 2023
The International Day of Natural Cosmetics on 23 November 2023 will focus on good practices and awareness about natural and organic cosmetics. How to get...
EU Organic Awards: Get to know this year’s finalists
Today, the finalists for the annual EU Organic Awards have been announced. 24 are shortlisted for 8 awards in 7 categories, such as best...
Adoption nature restoration law gives hope for food & farming systems
IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the adoption of the Nature Restoration Law by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) today. Jan Plagge, IFOAM Organics Europe's President,...
Consumers Empowerment and Claims Substantiation: An end to greenwashing?
The UN Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information provides a definition for greenwashing. However, the current EU Cosmetics Regulation does not provide a means...
Run on patents continues: How big companies try to monopolize our...
Be it as grilled vegetables in traditional Spanish dishes like "escalivada" or "pimientos de padrón", or as a spice added to paella– we wouldn’t...
Corporate interests trump freedom of choice and biosafety
With the legislative proposal on new genomic techniques (NGTs), the European Commission decided to dismantle the EU’s current GMO framework threatening our health and...
OPTA Europe Forum: focus on measures to boost consumer demand and...
At the Forum 'Are we on track to meet 25% of organic food & farming by 2030?' held on 4th July and kindly hosted by...
NGT proposal a step backward for biosafety, freedom of choice and...
IFOAM Organics Europe considers the Commission’s proposal to deregulate "New Genomic Techniques" (NGTs) as misguided, dangerous for European seed autonomy, and a distraction from...
How organic agriculture protects our natural water resources
Long-lasting heat and droughts followed by intense storms with heavy rain and floods: in the face of the climate crisis, more and more attention...
EU rules on green claims and labels: lost in translation?
In the European Green Deal, the Commission committed to tackle false environmental claims and reduce the risk of ‘green washing’. The answer to this...
More than 1.000 plant varieties affected by patents
According to recent research of No Patents on Seeds!, more than one thousand conventionally-bred varieties are already affected by European patents. Despite European patent...
