From the 13th to the 16th of February 2024, a total of 2,550 international exhibitors from 94 countries presented their extensive product range at BIOFACH, the World’s Leading Fair for Organic Food, with 150 of them at VIVANESS, the International Trade Fair for Natural and Organic Personal Care. In Nuremberg, participants along the entire value …
Global organic community in action at BIOFACH and VIVANESS 2024 Read More »
In 2022, 18.5 million hectares of farmland in Europe were organic (16.9 million hectares in the European Union (EU). France continued to lead as the number one country in terms of farmland under organic management with 2.9 million hectares, followed by Spain (2.7 million hectares), Italy (2.3 million hectares), and Germany (1.9 million hectares). Organic …
In 2022, more than 10 percent of the European Union’s farmland was organic Read More »
Nomisma presents at BIOFACH 2024 the results of the market survey carried out as part of the Being Organic in Eu project, managed by FederBio in partnership with Naturland DE and co-financed by the EU under EU Reg. n.1144/2014. The survey shows that the organic sector maintains a key role in the agri-food supply chain with a …
The Italian organic market: data, trends and consumers’ preferences Read More »
From the observatory of Biofach 2024, the Nuremberg trade fair that ended on Friday 16th February, the organic world certainly looks less successful than years ago, but it is not depressed. Actually, there is an auspicious hold on 2022 after the boom during the Covid years. In Italy, month-on-month Nielsen data show a recovery at the …
Reflecting no longer enough, we need a campaign for organic prices Read More »
Vietnam has for the 7th consecutive year made its presence at the world’s leading trade fair for organic food, Biofach, in Nuremberg city of Germany’s southern Bavaria state. Led by Đặng Thị Bích Hường, Vice Chairwoman and Secretary-General of the Vietnam Organic Agriculture Association (VOAA), eight Vietnamese enterprises participated in the fair. The participation was part of …
Vietnamese organic products garner attention at Biofach 2024 Read More »
Organic apples from Val Venosta can be found again this year at BIOFACH in Nuremberg from February 13 to 16: VIP, the association of Val Venosta producers of fruit and vegetables, will be exhibiting at the joint South Tyrolean stand in the Bioland area in Hall 7 – Stand 361. “Participation in this trade fair …
Denmark was the country with the highest percentage of organic food consumption last year. At the same time, the Danes rank second when it comes to how much money is spent on organic food. In Germany, the turnover of organic food has increased to more than 16 billion. This is evident from a new report …
The focus on organic continues for Coop Sole, the agricultural cooperative of Parete, in the province of Caserta, one of the most important fruit and vegetable producers in Campania. Coop Sole gathers more than 100 producers, with an average production of more than 18,000 tonnes of fruit and vegetables per year and a leading position in the strawberry …
What if, instead of establishing the goal of having 25% of utilised agricultural area for organic products in 2030, the EU had determined a percentage of the consumption of organic products on all the food consumption, for example 15%? Since the beginning, the EU has identified organic farming as the sector that can fulfil a growing …
The risk to neglect consumption in the EU organic policy Read More »
The Tuscany Region has officially recognised the Maremma organic district. In Tuscany, organic districts are growing quickly. The newcomer enriches Tuscany’s heritage of organic districts, joining Fiesole (the first, born only two years ago), Val di Cecina, Calenzano, Montalbano and Chianti. The Maremma district includes the municipalities of Capalbio, Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto, Magliano in Toscana, …
Maremma Organic District, one of the largest in Europe Read More »