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Glyphosate: extending authorisation only if EU states say yes
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27.07.2017 EditorThe wrangle over re-authorising glyphosate goes on and on. Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, from the European Health and Food Safety Commission, has stated that this pesticide will be approved for a further 10 years only with the agreement of member states.
Switzerland: Demeter without killing chicks
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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.
Germany: organic land reaches record level
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26.07.2017 EditorAccording to the latest data provided by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, organic farming in Germany experienced above-average growth in 2016.
New EU Organic Regulation imminent – an analysis
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25.07.2017 Leo FrühschützThe organic industry in many European countries reacted with horror when they heard that the Council of Ministers, the EU Parliament and the Commission have agreed behind closed doors on a revision of the EU Organic Regulation. Analysis of the results of negotiations reveals there are good reasons to be horrified. The organic sector is going to have a hard time in future. However, because numerous amendments are necessary, the final meeting of the EU ministers of agriculture was postponed at the last minute.
Ukraine: register for Anti Fraud Initiative Conference
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20.07.2017 EditorThe Anti Fraud Initiative (AFI) in collaboration with IFOAM invites for the conference “Improving Integrity of Organic Supply Chains” in Odesa (Ukraine) on 21-22 September 2017.
EU: vote on importing new GM soya
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20.07.2017 EditorIn mid July a vote was taken in Brussels on further approval by the EU of imports of genetically engineered soya beans.
USA: three states restrict the use of Monsanto´s Dicamba
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18.07.2017 EditorFarmers from Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee have sent almost 600 complaints regarding the misuse of Monsanto herbicide Dicamba to the state authorities. Now the use of the pesticide is restricted.
Organic World Congress: Pre-conference on animal husbandry
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11.07.2017 EditorOn 7 and 8 November 2017, the conference "Role of livestock in sustainable agriculture" will take place as a preconference of the Organic World Congress in Dehli, India.
EU: Environment Committee in favour of neonicotinoid ban
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04.07.2017 EditorIn a vote taken last Thursday the Environment Committee of the European Parliament rejected with a big majority a resolution of the Conservatives and populists not to ban the three neonicotinoids that are regarded as particularly dangerous to bees.
EU: More than 1 million against glyphosate
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03.07.2017 EditorWithin four months, well over a million men and women in Europe have stated in a European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) that they are in favour of a ban on glyphosate.
IFOAM EU: Provisional agreement reached - impact on organic operators to be evaluated
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30.06.2017 EditorLast Wednesday, after more than three years of negotiations, the three EU Institutions – the Commission, the Council and the Parliament – came to a provisional agreement on the European organic regulation.
EU: Council agrees on draft of a new organic regulation
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29.06.2017 EditorDG Agri (EU) in Brussels explains that new rules were informally agreed by Council′ negotiators in the final trilogue yesterday.
India: 5,000 farmers in a organic farming project
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27.06.2017 EditorThe State Government has identified 10 clusters across nine districts of Assam for implementation of the centrally-sponsored Mission Organic Value Chain Development for the north-eastern region (MOVCD).
Rainforest Alliance and UTZ merge
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26.06.2017 EditorThe two sustainability seals Rainforest Alliance (RFA) and UTZ are joining forces. In the course of this year the two sustainability certification organisations intend to become one company that will continue operations under the name Rainforest Alliance.
OFS as model and living laboratory
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23.06.2017 EditorOrganic food systems are regarded as a model of sustainability and they can provide examples of continuous improvement and the integration of science and research. The OFSP is helping to share the benefits of organic methods with interested initiatives and across the whole of society.
UK: OF&G White Paper addressing the challenges of global food production
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23.06.2017 EditorThe British Organic certifier OF&G (Organic Famers and Growers) published a White Paper about the Future of Farming. This paper addresses the challenges of global food production.
Stavtrend: a cautionary tale of organic fraud
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20.06.2017 Leo FrühschützA Slovak trader sent 2,000 tonnes of what was assumed to be conventional wheat to Germany via Italy. Analysis of the case reveals that the organic control system works, but that things can nevertheless go wrong.
Soil Association: need for a climate friendly farming
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20.06.2017 EditorTackling climate change must be a top priority for future food and farming policy. The next government will be faced with the challenge of producing an agricultural policy for the UK for the first time in decades, says the Soil Association.
EU: No pesticides on Ecological Focus Areas
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15.06.2017 EditorPAN Europe (Pesticide Action Network) welcomes yesterday’s successful vote on the Commission Delegated Regulation proposing to ban pesticides in Ecological Focus Areas that took place in the European Parliament’s plenary session.
Glyphosate: MEPs grilled Commission on “Monsanto papers”
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14.06.2017 EditorThe debate yesterday in the European Parliament MEPs say that correspondence has shed doubt on the credibility of a number of Monsanto-sponsored studies. The studies were part of the evidence used by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to evaluate the safety of glyphosate.
USA: States sue EPA
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08.06.2017 EditorAs the German TV reported, Attorneys-at-Law from the states of New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, California, Washington and Maryland are suing the American environmental protection agency EPA.
Up to now no GMO potatoes in Canada
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08.06.2017 EditorThere will be no commercially grown GMO potatoes on Prince Edward Island this year, according to Simplot Plant Sciences, the company that developed the Innate potato. Innate potatoes bruise less and have fewer black spots than conventional potatoes.
Glyphosate studies: a case for the European Court of Justice
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05.06.2017 EditorA group of Greens/European Free Alliance MEPs has filed a case with the European Court of Justice demanding public access to the studies used by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in assessing the safety of glyphosate.
Anti Fraud Initiative will meet in Ukraine
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05.06.2017 EditorThe organic market has currently the best quality management system of the whole food market, but fraud is still an issue. The Anti Fraud Initiative offers a workshop in Odesa (Ukraine) on 21-22 September 2017.
UK: Organic food production thriving
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26.05.2017 EditorThe organic licensing body OF&G (Organic Farmers and Growers) says the latest government figures show that the
organic food production sector is thriving as it responds to strong market growth.
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