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Germany: Coconut oil controversy
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06.09.2018 Leo FrühschützA German professor described coconut oil as "the pure poison". This has triggered a broad debate about the health benefits of this food, which has become increasingly popular in recent years.
12th IFOAM EU Organic Congress: Last days of registration
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05.09.2018 EditorFrom 25th - 26th September, the 12th European Organic Congress will place in Vienna. Registration for the congress is still open until 15th September.
Report: USA degenerates to a dumping ground for faked organic feeds
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04.09.2018 Leo FrühschützLarge quantities of organic feed continue to be delivered to the USA whose organic quality is questionable. This is the result of a report published by the Cornucopia Institute, which is closely related to the US organic movement.
Genetic engineering is not beyond the fall armyworm
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03.09.2018 Leo FrühschützA new pest is threatening agricultural yields worldwide. Now, some scientists and manufacturers are propagating genetically modified Bt-maize as a solution to the triumphant advance of the pest. Instead, holistic strategies are needed.
USA: Organic Trade Association accepts BASF and Cargill as new members
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29.08.2018 Leo FrühschützThe agricultural trading group Cargill and a plastics-producing subsidiary of the chemical group BASF have become members of the US Organic Trade Association (OTA).
Control authority audit: Any residue is suspicious
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23.08.2018 Leo FrühschützIn January 2018, the auditors of the EU Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety reviewed a control body operating in the Dominican Republic. By their criticism, they overshoot the mark.
Sonnentor: New sales plus in 2017/18
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21.08.2018 EditorThe accounting year of 2017/18 went well for Sonnentor: The organic herbal specialist once again recorded an increase in sales and invested in the future.
The packaging problem and the search for an ecological solution
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14.08.2018 Jochen BettziecheWhen it comes to packaging, the conventional food industry and the organic sector are not very far away from each other.
Bingenheim Seed Day: Impulses for organic breeding and organic food trade
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09.08.2018 EditorAround 350 actors recently met in Bingenheim to further develop the vision of independent organic farming.
Massive criticism of the Belgian eco-control system
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03.08.2018 Leo FrühschützThe EU's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety has identified massive shortcomings in the Belgian eco-control system in 2017. The report has only just been published.
L'Oréal acquires Logocos
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02.08.2018 EditorL'Oréal becomes the new owner of Logocos. This has been announced by Logocos Naturkosmetik AG.
FOODprint action: 100,000 people want food without genetic engineering
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26.07.2018 Leo FrühschützFor ten months, organic food producer Rapunzel, supported by 30 companies and associations from the organic sector, has collected confessions against genetic engineering in the field and on the plate.
Vietnam: Organic exports for the global market
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25.07.2018 EditorAnnually, people in Vietnam eat organic food worth about 1.7 million euros as the Vietnam Organic Agriculture Association (VOAA) as agroberichtenbuitenland.nl reports. As yet, the EU has certified almost 80 national companies producing organic food and beverage goods, among others, TH True Milk, Luong Quoi rice, Betrimex, Vinamit and Vinamilk, ST24 rice.
Rapunzel: New criteria for HAND IN HAND program
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24.07.2018 EditorRapunzel Naturkost has revised the criteria for its Fairtrade programme HAND IN HAND (HIH). The HIH program has been in existence for 25 years.
6,000 products with NATRUE label
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18.07.2018 EditorOver 6,000 products now carry the NATRUE label.
Limited resources for natural cosmetics
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17.07.2018 Jochen BettziecheRaw materials for natural cosmetics are in great demand. The supply is limited, the number of interested parties and the quantity required are increasing. Many ingredients have become expensive - and there is no end in sight.
Dutch raw chocolate maker Lovechock acquires Raw Patisserie
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06.07.2018 EditorRaw Patisserie, a Dutch start up which had to file for insolvency at the beginning of June, and its brand Ridiculously Good was acquired by Lovechock B.V.
Rapunzel: 1.4 million euros for eco-social initiatives
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03.07.2018 EditorRapunzel Naturkost and Deutsche Umwelthilfe have been offering the Hand-in-Hand Fund for 20 years. During this time, almost 330 eco-social projects in 55 countries were supported with unbureaucratic help for self-help.
Human rights: Poor performance of German food retailers
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29.06.2018 EditorThe human rights organisation Oxfam has compiled numerous examples of human and labour rights violations in the supply chains of the major supermarket operators in Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain and the USA. Aldi, Lidl, Edeka and Rewe performed particularly poorly.
6th BioBorrel in Amsterdam: “Organic at a Crossroad”
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26.06.2018 EditorThe sixth edition of the event series BioBorrel had been attended by around 80 stakeholders from the organic sector, as the Dutch online magagzine Bio Journaal reports. For the first time, the presentations were held in English, as one Christophe Barnouin, CEO of the French organic company Wessanen, was one of the speakers at the event.
USA: USDA to ban meat and dairy names for plant-based products?
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21.06.2018 EditorThe American meat and dairy industry requires the vegan food industry to stop using product names derived from animal food like ‘fillet’, ‘sausage’, ‘milk’ and ‘cheese’.
Cyclo-di BADGE: New pollutant from the can
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18.06.2018 EditorTin cans are usually coated – contaminants in this layer can theoretically pass into the food inside the can. German food controllers (of CVUA-MEL) have now pointed out a pollutant that previously was not the focus of attention: Cyclo-di-BADGE (CdB). It can also be a problem for organic producers, as they do not use any other cans than their conventional colleagues.
USA: OTA starts pilot project to prevent and detect fraud
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14.06.2018 EditorThe Organic Trade Association (OTA) announced the kick-off of a groundbreaking pilot project by the organic industry to prevent and detect fraud in the global organic system.
Ukraine: Positive development of the organic sector
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12.06.2018Olga Trofimtseva, Deputy Minister on European Integration at the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, and Natalie Prokopchuk, Project Manager of the SECO-FiBL Project "Organic Market Development in Ukraine", share the same opinion: “The organic market in Ukraine is constantly developing.” According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the country has 42.7 million hectares of agricultural land and 289,551 ha are cultivated organically. Due to the geographical location, widespread fertile black soils and proximity to potential international buyers, the country has favourable conditions to expand organic agriculture, says an official report of the Ministry.
Germany: Glyphosate study "tree bark"
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04.06.2018 EditorAn alliance of organic producers and traders wants to promote "agriculture suitable for the grandchildren". Experts assume that pesticides spread via the air and are quasi ubiquitous. A tree bark study on the initiative "Aktion Ackergifte? No, thank you" will prove that.
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