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Switzerland: Organic sales of vegetables, fruit and milk increase significantly
Europe Switzerland
15.11.2018 Leo FrühschützFrom September 2017 to August 2018, customers bought 7 percent more organic vegetables in Swiss retail outlets than in the same period last year. Sales of fruit and milk increased as well.
FiBL: SMART Tool to assess food chains
Europe Switzerland
17.10.2018 Leo FrühschützThe run-up to the Swiss referendum on the Fair Food Initiative has shown that people want more sustainability and transparency with regard to the origin and production of food. FiBL has developed the "SMART tool" to make such achievements visible.
Switzerland: Organic consumption has doubled in ten years
Europe Switzerland
20.09.2018 Leo FrühschützIn 2017, organic products worth 2.7 bn Swiss francs were sold in Switzerland. According to the Federal Office for Agriculture, organic food sales now account for 9% of total food sales.
FiBL: Open day in Frick
Europe Switzerland
06.08.2018 EditorOn 19th August 2018 from 10 am to 5 pm, FiBL Switzerland invites interested parties to an open day in Frick, Canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Switzerland: market grew to 2.25 billion euro
Europe Switzerland
05.07.2018 EditorThe Federal Office for Agriculture published the statistics 2017 for organic food. One in ten fresh food items sold in Switzerland last year was organic.
Switzerland: Shortage of Novodor due to potato beetle combat
Europe Switzerland
26.06.2018 EditorBioSuisse, umbrella association of Swiss organic producers, reports that there is a supply shortage of the biological plant protection agent Novodor.
E-commerce and natural cosmetics: challenge and opportunity
Europe Switzerland
20.03.2018Ramon Stroink is Managing Director of the natural and organic cosmetics division at Weleda for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He is also on the advisory board of Vivaness and the German industry association for cosmetics, detergents and cleaners IKW. We talked to him about the development of the natural and organic cosmetics market in the German-speaking area and the growing challenge of digitization and its opportunities.
Swiss quality strategy association: Invitation to a conference on new breeding methods in Bern
Europe Switzerland
23.08.2017 EditorThe “Verein zur Förderung der Qualitätsstrategie der Schweizer Land- und Ernährungswirtschaft“ (Association to support the quality strategy of Swiss agriculture and food economics) invites interested parties to its autumn conference about new methods of plant breeding taking place on the 8th of September 2017 in Bern.
Switzerland: Demeter without killing chicks
Europe Switzerland
26.07.2017 EditorAt the annual general meeting of the Swiss Association for Bio-dynamic Agriculture the decision was taken to incorporate the «Hahn im Glück» - happy chicken - project guidelines into the Demeter agriculture guidelines.
Switzerland: Bio Marché – a magnet for the public
Europe Switzerland
03.07.2017 EditorThe Swiss Bio Marché again proved to be a powerful attraction. Around 200 exhibitors and 40,000 visitors turned the little town of Zofingen into the Swiss organic capital for the eighteenth time.
Switzerland: record year for organics
Europe Switzerland
14.06.2017 EditorIn 2016 the 7.8 % growth of the Swiss organic market was three percentage points higher than growth in 2015. For 2017, a record number of conversions to organic are reported by the Swiss organic association Bio Suisse.
Switzerland: Coop and its Karma veggie brand
Europe Switzerland
01.06.2017 EditorThe Swiss company Coop has launched the Karma range for vegetarians and flexitarians. Of the roughly 120 products, over 90 are also suitable for vegans and 20 are certified organic by Bio Suisse.
Switzerland and China: collaboration agreement signed
Europe Switzerland
27.05.2017 EditorRecently, the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences established the new Sino-Swiss Organic Agriculture Research Center (SSOARC) in China. With this new institute, FiBL and IGDB will provide a wide range of services in the field of knowledge transfer and research.
Switzerland: organic brands highly rated by young people
Europe Switzerland
23.03.2017 EditorEven though Zalando, WhatsApp and Netflix are in the lead, organic brands (Migros Bio and Bio Suisse) feature for the first time among the TOP 10 favourite brands of the Swiss between 15 and 25 years old.
Switzerland: organically produced foods on the rise
Europe Switzerland
27.02.2017 EditorWith a per capita expenditure of about 260 euros, Switzerland is the worldwide leader. With sales of 2.1 billion euros, the organic market volume also grew by 5% in 2015.
Swiss scientist: “We need to reduce the need for antibiotics“
Europe Switzerland
16.01.2017 Editor“We need to reduce the need for antibiotics in order to reduce their use”, that was one of the statements of Thomas Van Boeckel, author of frequently cited research on antimicrobial consumption in food animals.
FiBL Switzerland: 20 years of organic research
Europe Switzerland
13.01.2017 EditorTwenty years ago, sixty scientists and consultants belonging to the Research Institute of Organic Farming (FiBL) moved into the former School of Agriculture in Frick. Today FiBL and the control company bio.inspecta AG employ 300 people and there is to be further expansion of the facilities in Frick.
Pural: “active for 20 years in the wholefood industry“
Europe Switzerland
22.11.2016In the 20 years since it was founded, Pural Vertriebs GmbH is one of the few wholesalers that has developed into a powerful sales partner for the wholefood trade nationwide. The ongoing extension of the product range with exclusive brands and innovative labels, the takeover of regional distribution companies and the resulting expansion and, not least, the arm of the business dealing with the health food and orgnic trade, including abroad, contributed to the dynamic development of the Pural group of companies. Another contributing factor is that second-generation family members with great commitment have entered the business. Ulrike and Heinz Claus explain the development of their company and their view of loyalty to the specialist trade. (Video interview with Ulrike Claus)
The Syngenta Blackbook
Europe Switzerland
18.11.2016 EditorSyngenta is besides Monsanto an example of big chemical companies that pollute environment and try to control the food supply. The Swiss corporation is the largest pesticide producer in the world.
Swiss GMO program in India in spite of their own ban
Europe Switzerland
07.11.2016 EditorIndia is heavily relying on its agriculture and when the harvest is not good the consequences can be catastrophic for their farmers. The garbanzo bean is one of the most popular crops of produce, particularly in northern India.
Switzerland: Migros offers reusable veggie bags
Europe Switzerland
27.09.2016 EditorCalled “Veggie-Bags“, the Swiss corporation Migros is now selling reusable bags for fruit and vegetables.
Swiss organic manufacturer: Soyana has expanded
Europe Switzerland
16.09.2016 EditorThe Swiss organic manufacturer Soyana has moved into a new production facility in Schlieren near Zurich.
FiBL intensifies cooperation with China
Europe Switzerland
18.07.2016 EditorEnd of June the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Switzerland visited the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL in Frick and expressed the interest in a collaboration.
Swiss consumers buy fair trade products for half a billion USD
Europe Switzerland
21.06.2016 EditorIn 2015 the Swiss bought 520 million CHF (522 million USD) of fair trade products with the Max Havelaar label last year.
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