Politicians and the EPO must take responsibility
On the day before the Administrative Council meeting at the European Patent Office (EPO), WeMove Europe, the Munich Environmental Institute and No Patents on...
No Patents on Seeds! – Prohibition on patenting conventional breeding is...
No Patents on Seeds! handed over last week a new report on patent applications for conventionally bred plants to the German Ministry of Justice...
Cooperation between US-EU becomes urgent for the further growth and developments...
Experts from Assoziation Ökologischer Lebensmittelhersteller (AÖL)1, Organic Processing and Trade Association Europe (OPTA)2, Organic Trade Association (OTA)3 and the Alliance for Organic Integrity (AOI)4...
NATRUE study: what attributes consumers look for in natural and organic...
During the last VIVANESS edition, which took place digitally between 17 and 19 February, Dr. Mark Smith (NATRUE’s Director General) and Dr. Bernhard Irrgang...
Farm to Fork: the role of organic and digital training activities...
In May 2020, the European Commission published the Farm to Fork strategy as a key element of the European Green Deal (new EU growth...
BIOFACH / VIVANESS eSPECIAL: 13.800 registered participants from 136 countries
The organic food and natural and organic personal care products community came together for their annual sector gathering on 17-19 February 2021. This year’s...
Fill the dish with 25% organic in 2030: additional targets and...
Thursday morning at 9.00 the BIOFACH eSpecial congress started with the question what instruments are needed to fulfil the Farm to Fork aim of...
Over 72.3 million hectares of farmland are organic & market reached...
According to the latest FiBL survey on organic agriculture worldwide, organic farmland increased by 1.1 million hectares, and organic retail sales continued to grow,...
European organic market grew to 45 billion € in 2019
The European organic market continues to grow. In 2019, it increased by another 8 percent and reached €45.0 billion. Some markets enjoyed double-digit growth...
BIOFACH / VIVANESS 2021 eSPECIAL: Digital gathering of the international organic...
The global variety of organic food and natural and organic personal care products will be on show at BIOFACH, the World’s Leading Trade Fair...
UK Organic Market Continues to Grow – 2021 Soil Association Report...
Soil Association 2021 Organic Market Report published this week reveals the highest year-on-year growth in 15 years for the UK's organic market, a +12.6%...
Stefan Hipp: “The possibility of having access to a healthy diet...
Stefan Hipp is managing partner of the organic baby food producer HiPP. HiPP has production sites in five European countries and sells its organic...
