If it says organic on the label, it must be organic on the inside. Constant controls and tests to guarantee the quality and food safety of organic products are the prerequisite for this. These basic tasks are in the hands of the organic quality department of VIP, the association of Venosta Valley producers for fruit and …
Team of experts guarantees the quality of organic Venosta Valley apples Read More »
“The Maremma area boasts quite the product range, which we have been commercializing for years. Our facility in Grosseto is currently processing local products such as apricots, melons, blueberries, zucchini with and without flowers, bunch tomatoes, date and canestrino tomatoes, eggplants and spring onions. Of course everything is organic”, underlines Salvatore Scarcella, president of OP CAI. Sicilian …
CAI grows in Tuscany in organic fruit and vegetables Read More »
Over the past days, the organic food and farming movement sent letters to national Ministries of Agriculture and to the European Commission to provide its observations regarding the level of ambition and budgets of organic farming in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plans. These letters were based on the European Commission’s Observation Letters sent …
IFOAM: Member states should enhance support for organic farming! Read More »
Data released by Defra has revealed that land going through the two-year conversion period to organic rose by 34% in 2021, compared to the previous year. UK organic land also rose by 3.6% last year, following a rise of 0.8% in 2020. Sophie Kirk, Business Development Manager for Soil Association Certification, said: “It is encouraging to …
Trees reduce air temperature and the intensity of greenhouse heat by lowering carbon dioxide levels. Greening is not merely an act of beautification, but also a basic need for the environment and population of Kuwait. Kuwait Times spoke with Abdulrahman Al-Fraih, Manager of the Organic Agriculture Department at the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and …
Farming expert sees future in organic agriculture in Kuwait Read More »
Contamination of fresh fruits by the most hazardous pesticides has dramatically increased in Europe over the past decade, according to a nine-year study of government data. A third of apples and half of all blackberries surveyed had residues of the most toxic categories of pesticides, some of which have been linked to illnesses including cancer, heart disease and birth …
European fruit with traces of most toxic pesticides ‘up 53% in nine years’ Read More »
IFOAM Organics Europe celebrates its 20-years anniversary. Established in 2002 as the united voice of the European organic movement, it now represents more than 400,000 food operators across Europe, and a diverse and thriving organic movement towards the EU institutions. Jan Plagge, IFOAM Organics Europe’s President, points out: “The growth of IFOAM Organics Europe and …
After a long battle against his illness, Lino Nori has left this world on 18th December morning. Mr. Nori was one of the fathers of Italian organic farming. A pioneer and a guide, a wise and balanced man who did everything possible to make Italian organic farming a strong and structured system, able to affirm …
Biofach and Vivaness will be held from 26 to 29 July in 2022. This new summer date for the gathering of the international organic food and natural and organic personal care community has been set in order to meet multiple requests from registered exhibitors and enable all participants to plan with confidence. The decision to postpone the …
Biofach and Vivaness postpone from 26 to 29 July Read More »
IFOAM Europe celebrates this year its 20th birthday. Director Eduardo Cuoco underlined in IFOAM Organics Europe newsletter: “We are turning 20 and will celebrate 20 years of representing the European organic movement at the heart of the European Union. Our colleagues at IFOAM Organics International and IFOAM Asia are respectively celebrating their 50th and 10th birthdays. Our anniversary is the perfect opportunity to look back at our successes in transforming the …
Celebrating 20 years of making Europe more organic Read More »