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Certified organic health and beauty sales up 21%
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26.02.2016 EditorThe Soil Association’s 2016 Organic Market Report launched onTuesday, 23 February, reveals sales of certified organic health and beauty products increased by 21.6% in 2015 to £54.2 million.
Transgenic maize authorisation must be rescinded
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26.02.2016 EditorThirteen civil society organisations have officially alerted the European Commission that the wild ancestor of cultivated maize, teosinte, has appeared in Spain and is spreading widely in maize growing areas as an invasive species.
European organic market grew to more than 26 billion euros in 2014
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23.02.2016In 2014, the European organic market grew by approximately 7.6 percent to a value of more than 26 billion euros. This is shown by the latest data provided by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and others.
EU, Colombia increase the trade in organic products
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18.02.2016 EditorThe Government of Colombia and the European Commission announced the start of negotiations towards a bilateral agreement on trade in organic products.
Ronnie Cummins talks about Organic 3.0
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15.02.2016Ronnie Cummins, co-founder and International Director of the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) visited BioFach Vivaness trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany for the first time. A video Intenview.
Record number of visitors at BioFach and Vivaness
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15.02.2016As NürnbergMesse announced at the end of the four-day industry get-together in Nuremberg, approximately 48,000 visitors attended this year’s trade fair duo BioFach and Vivaness – 4,000 more than last year.
European food market is transitioning
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15.02.2016 EditorThe Fundación ExportAr (Argentina) has published a report on Europe's fruit and vegetable sector that covers trends, demand, competition, requirements and distribution channels
Organic 3.0 progressing well
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14.02.2016 Horst FiedlerWe’re successful, but we’re still a niche industry."This is how IFOAM managing director Markus Arbenz at the BioFach Organic 3.0 Congress described the worldwide effort being put into organic agriculture and sustainable consumption.
Denmark, the world’s first 100% organic country?
Europe Europe
11.02.2016 EditorDanish consumers are the most pro-organic consumers in the world, according to Organic Denmark, an association of companies, organic farmers and consumers.
Organic Academy Leadership Course Europe
Europe Europe
10.02.2016 EditorIFOAM - Organics International recently announced the fourth edition of the European Organic Academy Leadership Course.
BioFach: IFOAM Science Day 2016
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08.02.2016 EditorOn February 12, 2016, the fourth Science Day will take place at BioFach, in Nuremberg, Germany. It is a joint event of TIPI, the Technology Innovation Platform of IFOAM and TP Organics, the European Technology Platform for Organic Food and Farming.
British certified organic operators published on bioC.info
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08.02.2016 EditorThe central registry of certified organic operators bioC, is launched under www.bioc.info with new content. Soil Association is the third British organic certification body to publish the certification data of British businesses on the online platform.
EU Parliament opposes import of three herbicide-resistant GM crops
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05.02.2016 EditorOn Wednesday, 3 February 2015 the European Parliament voted to oppose the import of three genetically modified (GM) soybeans into the European Union.
IFOAM EU: European Organic Congress in April
Europe Europe
04.02.2016 EditorIFOAM EU is celebrating its 10th European Organic Congress in the Netherlands 4 - 6 April 2016 discussing ways to profile organic as a leading solution.
SOLMACC: Strategies for organic and low-input farming
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01.02.2016 EditorSOLMACC - Organic FArmers Countering Climate Change is a LIFE-co-funded project that runs from 2013 to 2018.
The value of overall ethical sales grew up to £38 billion in the UK
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19.01.2016 EditorThe value of overall ethical sales grew by 8 per cent up to £38 billion, during a period when inflation barely rose above 0.5 per cent, according to the new Ethical Consumer markets report.
Implications of COP21 to Sustainable Foods
Europe Europe
19.01.2016 EditorThe world climate summit has highlighted the need to reduce greenhouse gases in the food industry.
Continuing growth of the natural and organic cosmetics market in Germany
Europe Europe
19.01.2016At the end of 2015, the role of natural and organic cosmetics as the driver of growth for the German cosmetics market was confirmed. According to the IKW the industry association for personal care products and detergents - the turnover of cosmetics and toiletries in the German retail trade in 2015 came to about €13.4bn, an increase of 2.4 %.
The organic sector urges the Commission to classify new genetic engineering techniques as GMOs
Europe Europe
15.01.2016 EditorIFOAM EU has published a position paper on new genetic engineering techniques, ahead of the legal interpretation of the European Commission, expected by March 2016.
Global Food, Farming and Environmental Justice Groups to put Monsanto on trial
Europe Europe
15.01.2016 EditorThe Organic Consumers Association (OCA), IFOAM International Organics, Navdanya, Regeneration International (RI), and Millions Against Monsanto and others announced that they will put Monsanto on trial on World Food Day, October 16, 2016.
European supermarkets increase the offer of organic products
Europe Europe
12.01.2016 EditorOrganic, responsible and sustainable products have come a great way during the past year. More supermarkets around the world has embraced organic culture and added sustainable products to their shelves.
Bio-Marché.Info has closed
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08.01.2016 EditorThe French portal Bio-Marché.Info ceased operating from the beginning of this year.
New acquisition for the organic company Hain Celestial Group Inc.
Europe Europe
07.01.2016 EditorThe Hain Celestial Group, Inc. announced the acquisition by Hain Celestial United Kingdom.
Ekoagros, an organic agriculture certification body in Lithuania
Europe Europe
04.01.2016 EditorEkoagros, an organic agriculture certification body in Lithuania, completed certification process of all owned and leased farmland areas,
EU-funded Organic Agriculture Support Initiative for Armenia
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30.12.2015 EditorDecember the 15th, marked the start of a new EU-funded project in Armenia. The Organic Agriculture Support Initiative (OASI) will help to develop the potential of the Armenian organic agriculture sector over the next three years.
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