Italy: Fresh Produce is Traded Separately

In Italy the wholesale trade with fresh products, in particular fruit and vegetables, milk and milk products, cheese and bread, is carried out mainly by specialist traders or the producers themselves.

Czech Republic: Specialised Natural and Organic Retailers Achieve 30 % Market Share

The Czech retail sector has dramatically changed during the last 10 years.

Malta: A Long Way To Go

They were regarded with suspicion by the customs officers. 'We felt as if we were importing drugs.'

Czech Republic: Natural and Organic Manufacturers See Their Business Growing

There were 116 certified organic processors at the end of 2004.

Greece: Wholesalers build up Retail Chains/ Greece 1

The major routes through Athens are dominated by the smell of exhaust fumes and by noise.

Hungary: Specialised Organic Shops Only in Budapest

The marketing structure of organic products has gained a new profile over the last five years.

Hungary: with Declining Export Opportunities Domestic Market Grows

At the end of the 1990s, the significance of domestic processing of organic products in Hungary increased dramatically.

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Hungarian Organic Food Market

About 90 % of organic products produced in Hungary are exported.

Organic Food Market in the Czech Republic

In 2004, the market increased by 50 % (the year before by 16.6 %) and reached a total turnover of 9 million Euros.

EkoPlaza and Groenhof Passage: two large organic supermarkets open in Alkmaar (Part 2)

The organic pioneer Jos Kamphuys found the inspiration for EkoPlaza abroad in the large scale organic and natural food stores.

The Coop as the driving force behind organic marketing

Since the beginning of the nineties, Coop Switzerland has been playing a bigger and bigger role in marketing organic products.

Organic Retail Trade in France

For the specialist organic food trade, in France they use two descriptions that are not clearly defined: “magasin bio” and “magasin diététique”.

USA: Organic Trade Association (OTA) Envisions Organic Industry of the Year 2025

As its 20th anniversary year draws to a close, the Organic Trade Association (OTA), North America's voice for the organic business community, is predicting a robust future for organic products.

Monitoring for organic fruit und vegetables in Germany is big success

The German Organic wholesalers’ organisation Bundesverband Naturkost Naturwaren (BNN) Herstellung und Handel has introduced a system...

Certification company in the Balkans now accredited

Bulgarian organic certification agency Balkan Biocert Ltd. is now accredited and licensed, reports FiBL in Switzerland.

Greenpeace welcomes Kraft Food´s commitment

Greenpeace today welcomed the commitment from Kraft Foods, the second largest food producer in the world, to supply only non-GE food in China, starting from 1 January 2007.

Philippines: University wants farmers to start with organic agriculture

The state university, which is one of the recognized six centers of excellence in agriculture education in the Philippines, is advocating a shift from the conventional to organic farming.

No obligatory use of organic EU logo: new standards in preparation

The European Commission adopted on December 21st a proposal for a new regulation on organic production, which aims to improve clarity for both consumers and farmers.

IFOAM EU Group welcomes revision of organic regulation

The European Commission launched the European-wide debate on the future of organic agriculture end of December 2005.