Portugal: High Rate of Growth from a Low Base

The organic industry is currently developing positively in Europe’s most westerly country.

Comment on Wild Fishery

The Soil Association commented the publication indicating the collapse of the world’s wild fisheries.

L’Oreal buys Sanoflore

The world’s leading cosmetic player has expanded its position with the acquisition of Sanoflore.

Global Organic Textile Standard: Official start for certification process

The International Working Group on Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) officially approved the first certification body.

Czech organic product of the year

Curdled milk product wins title „Czech organic product of the year“

BioWelt in Reutlingen moves to new 800 m² premises

The specialist wholefood store BioWelt in Reutlingen expanded from 300 m² to 800 m².

Growth, Jobs and Sustainability

The CAP Seminar “Organic Farming and the Lisbon Strategy” revealed the importance of the Lisbon Strategy.

Country Report Ukraine

A  lot of arable land, a few farms and large areas

Tagwerk Opens Organic Supermarket Near Munich

Since 19 October 2006 the producer-consumer cooperative Tagwerk has another store operating under licence.

Hershey Buys Dagoba Organic Chocolate

Hershey, the leading snack food company in the US, acquired Dagoba Organic Chocolate.

One in two French people buy organic products

Organic products are gaining more and more importance in France.

High interest for Fairtrade in Great Britain

A recent survey of Mintel shows an enormous growth for Fairtrade products.

Romania’s LaDorna increases export

After exporting mainly to Greece, further countries are targeted.

GM-Free Milk A Success

At the event to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Upländer Farmers’ Dairy there was no common ground between the public and the minister on the subject of genetic engineering.

1st International Conference on Organic Certification in Rome

This conference organized by IFOAM will take place from November 15 to November 17

“Upländer” Farmers’ Dairy in Hesse is 10 years old

Celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Upländer Dairy.

A crisis for organic supermarkets in Switzerland?

Yardo in St. Gallen and Rägeboge in Winterthur are facing problems.

Planet Organics Expands in Canada

„Io faccio la spesa giusta“ all over Italy

An event initiated by Fairtrade Transfair Italy

Ecocultura attracts more than 37,000 visitors

An ecological consumers’ fair in Zamora in northwest Spain attracted 37,000 visitors.