Mobilisation for start of mass opposition against patent on tomatoes
This week, a European-wide coalition is starting a mass opposition against a patent held by the Swiss company Syngenta on tomatoes produced by conventional...
Natural & Organic Products Europe to showcase record number of organic...
Visitors to this month’s Natural & Organic Products Europe trade show will be able to source more certified organic food, drink, health, nutrition, and beauty...
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2016 the International Year of...
IFOAM is proud to be part of the International Year of Pulses (IYP) as it is an effective way to raise awareness of the...
Große Bühne für die Besten – Die Bohlsener Mühle ist das...
Am 27.11.2015 öffnete sich in Düsseldorf zum achten Mal der Vorhang von Deutschlands wichtigster Nachhaltigkeitsbühne. Unter den geladenen Gästen waren auch 2015 wieder...
Bill Gates: can we have an honest conversation about GMOs?
Some of the world's most powerful figures tout the benefits of GMOs, writes Stacy Malkan, but what's the real story? Facts on the ground...
European organic market grew to more than 26 billion euros in...
In 2014, the European organic market grew by approximately 7.6 percent to a value of more than 26 billion euros. Consumers in the European Union...
10th European Organic Congress – Shape agriculture and food systems
We are happy to confirm that Martijn van Dam, the Dutch Minister for Agriculture, will be opening the congress and setting the stage for two...
German organic market grows to 8.6 billion euros
According to the calculation of the organic market working group, total turnover of organic food and beverages grew in 2015 by 11.1% to €8.62bn....
Guide 2016 “Your Spanish Organic Food Partners” follows its way throughout...
Successful diffusion of the Guide 2016 “Your Spanish Organic Food Partners”. During the last edition of BioFach from 10 to 13 February in Nuremberg, Bio...
Record number of visitors at BioFach and Vivaness
As NürnbergMesse announced at the end of the four-day industry get-together in Nuremberg, approximately 48,000 visitors attended this year’s trade fair duo BioFach and Vivaness...
43.7 million hectares of organic land worldwide
Global organic growth continues! The latest global data on organic farming presented by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM – Organics International at the BioFach fair 2016...
Monsanto’s Glyphosate now most heavily used weed-killer in history – nearly...
A new paper published in Environmental Sciences Europe confirms there has been a dramatic increase in the total volume of glyphosate applied to crops across the world....
