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IFOAM EU: Organic meets conventional
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08.11.2018 Karin HeinzeOn 30th October, IFOAM EU’s event format “IFOAM EU meets business” had a successful premiere. The event aims at bringing together organic companies and companies involved or interested in organic trade.
Green logistics using lorries: Models from current practice
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01.11.2018 EditorHow can logistics experts from the organic sector transport goods in a more environmentally friendly way? The panel Green Logistics of Bodan and BNN presented practical solutions for trucks. Some of them are already in use at Bodan.
Unpacked: Glass instead of plastic silos
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30.10.2018 Horst FiedlerFor all those who want to offer unpacked goods in their shop, grain mill manufacturer Hawos has developed glass silos. They offer advantages over frequently used plastic silos.
IFOAM EU meets business: Bringing the organic food industry together
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24.10.2018 EditorOn 30th October 2018, IFOAM EU, its Interest Group of Organic Processors and Traders (IGOP) and food companies will meet in Brussels at „IFOAM EU meets business – bringing the organic food industry together“.
Oliver Gothe of Fair Squared: „Increasing digitalisation will determine the commerce of the future”
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16.10.2018 Daniela NickelIn the run-up to the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit, Oliver Gothe talked to organic-market.info about the chances brought by digitalisation as well as the challenge of dealing with greenwashing by competitors from the conventional market.
12th IFOAM EU Organic Congress: Last days of registration
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05.09.2018 EditorFrom 25th - 26th September, the 12th European Organic Congress will place in Vienna. Registration for the congress is still open until 15th September.
PAN Europe: New report on alternatives to glyphosate published
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31.07.2018 EditorPAN Europe has published an updated edition of its report on alternatives to glyphosate as a contribution to the ongoing discussions among some EU member states on phasing out glyphosate and promoting alternatives.
Asian Summit tackles sustainable packaging and ingredients
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13.07.2018 EditorHosted in Singapore on 4-5th September, the second Asia-Pacific edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit will feature sustainable packaging, ingredients, and marketing.
High-tech strategies for small farmers and organic farming
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12.07.2018 EditorOrganic farming can benefit from technological developments and innovative solutions. The conference „Revolution in Food and Biomass Production (REFAB)” in Cologne will take place on October 1st and 2nd.
USA: Draft for investment in organic research and education
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11.07.2018 EditorOver the last decade federal funding for organic agriculture research has remained roughly level, and not kept pace with the growth and opportunity that the organic sector has demonstrated. The recent farm bill draft let´s hope for more investment.
Companies campaigning for health and future food
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03.07.2018 Karin HeinzeThe Sustainable Foods Summit in Amsterdam showed that pioneers as well as the next generation in the organic industry think differently. Their attitude goes far beyond earning money with their products. They have the aspiration to include in their companies and products fairness, social outreach and sustainability in addition to health aspects and, of course, the ideas of organic agriculture. Interesting best practice and their different approaches were presented at the summit. Video interview with Caryl Levine, Lotus Foods.
Italy: Bio Bank edition on organic catering and canteens
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27.06.2018 EditorThe Italian specialized publisher Bio Bank published a new edition of Focus Bio Bank. Hot topics are data and informations on the sector of organic catering and organic food in canteens.
Sustainable Foods Summit: Strategies for a circular economy
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26.06.2018 Karin HeinzeThe 10th European edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit by Ecovia Intelligence took place in Amsterdam on 7 and 8 June. Speakers from all over the world presented a broad range of topics relating to the model of a future circular economy. The international audience consisting of stakeholders from all over the supply chain was seeking inspiration and sustainable solutions. The conference provided best practice models for sustainable cultivation, processing and packaging, but also for the reuse, recycling and avoidance of waste in order to conserve valuable resources. Watch the video interview with Erik Does, CEO Ekoplaza.
Poland: Warsaw University offers studies "Organic Agriculture and Food Production”
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21.06.2018 EditorThe Faculty of Agriculture and Biology at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), will launch the new international studies "Organic Agriculture and Food Production (OAFP).”
High-tech in organic agriculture: the Internet of Things
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19.06.2018 Jochen BettziecheRobots, sensors and artificial intelligence: The Internet of Things is becoming more and more involved in agriculture. This also presents opportunities for the organic sector.
EU: New regulation reduces use of antibiotics
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14.06.2018 EditorAccording to the new regualtion farmers in the EU are to document the use of antimicrobial drugs in their animals.
Ukraine: Positive development of the organic sector
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12.06.2018 Karin HeinzeOlga Trofimtseva, Deputy Minister on European Integration at the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, and Natalie Prokopchuk, Project Manager of the SECO-FiBL Project "Organic Market Development in Ukraine", share the same opinion: “The organic market in Ukraine is constantly developing.” According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the country has 42.7 million hectares of agricultural land and 289,551 ha are cultivated organically. Due to the geographical location, widespread fertile black soils and proximity to potential international buyers, the country has favourable conditions to expand organic agriculture, says an official report of the Ministry.
IFOAM: 1st International Conference of Wheat Landraces for Healthy Food Systems’
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07.06.2018 EditorIFOAM – Organics International invites interested parties to their 1st International Conference of Wheat Landraces for Healthy Food Systems taking place on 13-15 June 2018 in Bologna, Italy.
New GMO documentary: “The Peril On Your Plate”
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30.05.2018 EditorThe Russian media company RT produced “The Peril on Your Plate”, an English language documentary for its RTDoc channel. Reporter Ekaterina Yakovleva meets people who lift the lid on the perils of GMOs and the chemicals used in the industry.
Cocoa conference: Hunger prices for cheap chocolate
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29.05.2018 Leo Frühschütz"The cocoa sector will only be sustainable when farmers earn a living." This was stated in the Berlin Declaration adopted at the end of the 4th International Cocoa Conference that took place recently in the German capital. The three-day meeting of around 1,500 cocoa industry players focused on the continuing catastrophic living conditions of cocoa producers, particularly in West Africa. We took a closer look on the cocoa industry and on the organic sector.
EU-Rat: Neue Vorschriften für Ökolandbau verabschiedet
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24.05.2018 RedaktionIn einer Pressemitteilung teilte der Rat der Europäischen Union mit, dass er am 22. Mai die neuen EU-Vorschriften für die ökologische Erzeugung und die Kennzeichnung von ökologischen Erzeugnissen angenommen hat.
EU: new organic farming rules adopted
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23.05.2018 EditorIn a press release the Council of the European Union informed that on 22 May the Council adopted new EU rules on organic production and the labelling of organic products.
Ecovia: Blockchain to build a sustainable food industry?
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23.04.2018 EditorBlockchain is taking off, with a growing number of food companies and retailers experimenting with this new technology. Ecovia Intelligence (formerly Organic Monitor) sees blockchain bringing many sustainability benefits to the food industry. This will be one of the topics at the Sustainable Food Summit in Amsterdam in June.
Natural & Organic Cosmetics Conference Berlin: Cultural changes call for repositioning
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20.04.2018 EditorChanging values, digitalization, increasing competition: The market for natural & organic cosmetics is facing new demands. The 11th edition of the Natural & Organic Cosmetics Conference, to be held September 25-26, 2018 in Berlin will focus on the changes that the cosmetics industry needs to adapt to.
European Parliament’s plenary adopts the new EU organic regulation
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19.04.2018 EditorToday, the European Parliament adopted the text for a new organic regulation, as preliminarily agreed by the Council and the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture in November 2017. The voting was very clear: 466 MEPs voted in favour of the new regulation and only 124 against.
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