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Why the organic community should fall in love with true prices – Interview with Adrian de Groot Ruiz
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20.11.2018 Rebecca SandbichlerThe economist Adrian de Groot Ruiz reveals how he calculates the true prices of our food. Read about the advantages he sees for organic trade - and where he would first look for hidden social and economic costs.
IFOAM EU: Organic meets conventional
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08.11.2018On 30th October, IFOAM EU’s event format “IFOAM EU meets business” had a successful premiere. The event aims at bringing together organic companies and companies involved or interested in organic trade.
Call for moratorium on gene drives from UN conference
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29.10.2018 Leo FrühschützLeading representatives of the global agricultural movement have called for a stop to all releases of gene drives.
IFOAM EU meets business: Bringing the organic food industry together
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24.10.2018 EditorOn 30th October 2018, IFOAM EU, its Interest Group of Organic Processors and Traders (IGOP) and food companies will meet in Brussels at „IFOAM EU meets business – bringing the organic food industry together“.
New EU Organic Regulation: Large henhouses still possible
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23.10.2018 Leo FrühschützThe detailed provisions of the new EU Organic Regulation in the poultry sector will be more detailed and cover more areas than before. However, organic farms with 30,000 or more laying hens remain possible.
New Fair Trade Charter: How world trade can work for all
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10.10.2018 Leo FrühschützThe global Fair Trade movement has published a new International Fair Trade Charter. The charter determines the values of Fair Trade and defines a vision for implementing of the UN sustainable development goals.
12th EOC: Who pays the true costs of food production?
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09.10.2018 Rebecca SandbichlerAt the 12th European Organic Congress organic stakeholders could have patted themselves on the back with complacency. Instead, the participants discussed fairness, honest prices and the CAP.
Future Policy Award: Champions in Supporting Agroecological Approaches shortlisted
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09.10.2018 EditorThe Future Policy Award 2018 will celebrate policies advancing a transition to sustainable food and agriculture systems.
Trademark protection for EU organic label expired
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05.10.2018 Leo FrühschützThe Office of the European Union for Intellectual Property has deleted the EU organic label as a company trademark. Sounds strange – because it is emblazoned on every organic food in the EU after all.
PFT Conference: European policies, local strategies and future
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21.09.2018 EditorThe European network Pesticide Free Towns invites interested parties to its conference on “European policies, local strategies and future”, which will take place on 27th September at the European Parliament.
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.
Canada Organic Trade Association welcomes government funding for organic sector
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27.08.2018 EditorAccording to the Canada Organic Trade Association, the Canadian government is investing $8.3 mn in organic agriculture research.
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.
Glyphosate verdict: US court condemns Monsanto to high fine
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15.08.2018 EditorA US court in California made a spectacular decision last week. It sentenced Bayer subsidiary Monsanto to a "compensation for pain and suffering" equivalent to EUR 254 million for a dying cancer patient.
Organic farmers are also suffering from drought
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07.08.2018 Leo FrühschützOrganic farmers are as affected by the current drought as their conventional colleagues. The situation varies from region to region and from farm to farm.
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.
Call to Action: GFGF European Days of Action in October
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02.08.2018 EditorThe Good Food, Good Farming Movement invokes citizens and stakeholders from the organic sector to contribute to their new campaign European Days of Action 2018 in October.
Human induced climate change likely to have caused current heat wave
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01.08.2018 EditorAccording to reports by The Guardian and BBC Online, the current heatwave in Europe was made more than twice as likely by climate change caused by human behavior, scientists state.
IFOAM EU: Annual Report 2017 published
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30.07.2018 EditorRecently, IFOAM EU has published its Annual Report 2017. The report aims at informing IFOAM members as well as the wider public about the organization and what it does to make Europe more organic.
EU: New genetic engineering methods considered genetically modified
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25.07.2018 EditorThe European Court of Justice has ruled that new genetic techniques like CRISPR/Cas should also fall under Europe’s genetic engineering law including risk assessment as well as labelling.
IFOAM EU: 12th European Organic Congress in Vienna
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17.07.2018 EditorIFOAM EU invites interested parties to its 12th European Organic Congress ‘Organic on every table: Added value for farmers, consumers and society’ taking place in Vienna, Austria, from 25th-26th September 2018.
Retail groups call on strict regulation of new genetic engineering
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16.07.2018 Leo FrühschützLeading food retailers from Germany and Austria such as Edeka, Lidl, Rewe and SPAR have appealed to the EU Commission to make the procedures of new genetic engineering subject to EU genetic engineering law.
USA: Draft for investment in organic research and education
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11.07.2018 EditorOver the last decade federal funding for organic agriculture research has remained roughly level, and not kept pace with the growth and opportunity that the organic sector has demonstrated. The recent farm bill draft let´s hope for more investment.
German Alliance publishes resolution to regulate new genetic engineering processes
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09.07.2018 EditorIn the coming weeks, the European Court of Justice will give its opinion on the legal classification of new genetic engineering procedures. On this basis, the EU Commission and EU Member States decide whether and how they will regulate them in future.
Germany: 1.4 million hectares organic land
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05.07.2018 EditorThe figures published by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture confirm that many German farmers switched to organic farming in 2017. This is an opportunity for policymakers to achieve important sustainability goals, says the organisaton BÖLW.
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