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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).
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.
IFOAM EU: Organic regulation review – risk of a bad deal
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13.06.2017 EditorYesterday’s meeting of the Council of Agriculture Ministers did not change the opinion of the organic sector on the current draft text for a new organic regulation. As no new content has been presented, IFOAM EU and others still question the real added value and the technical soundness of the proposal.
EU organic regulation negotiations: time for a change
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13.06.2017 EditorIn a common statement ahead of the upcoming debate at the Council of Agriculture Ministers of 12 June, the Organic (IFOAM) and Fair Trade movements (FTAO) and Organic Certifiers (EOCC) announce the need of alternative approaches.
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.
France: new Minister for Organic Conversion
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07.06.2017 EditorThe minister responsible for agriculture in the cabinet of new French President, Emmanuel Macron, is on the side of organic. Macron appointed Jacques Mezard as Minister of Agriculture, a man committed to the environment and an opponent of genetic engineering. Nicolas Hulot will be the Minister for Organic Conversion.
France: Senate adopts resolution to ban non-agricultural use of pesticides
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07.06.2017 EditorThe French Senate has adopted the European resolution to ban non-agricultural pesticides across Europe. Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe and Générations Futures welcomed the resolution.
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.
EU Organic Regulation: trilogue called off unexpectedly
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31.05.2017Until Monday evening, when the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) met, some of the negotiators thought agreement was imminent and that the negotiations on the new EU law would be concluded. That's not the way it turned out: the final trilogue meeting, arranged for Wednesday, was cancelled. The participants reacted in different ways.
Glyphosate: Brussels wants to extend licence for ten years
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24.05.2017 EditorThe authorisation for glyphosate runs out at the end of 2017. EU Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis recently presented a proposal to permit the use of glyphosate in the European Union for a further ten years.
IFOAM: 11th European Organic Congress
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24.05.2017 EditorThis Congress from 5 -7 September 2017 in the Estonian capital Tallinn will look at how stakeholders and policymakers can work together to reach the European Organic Vision 2030, with the launch of a roadmap for making it happen.
Germany: failure of draft bill banning GMOs
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23.05.2017 EditorThe controversial draft bill on banning the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture has failed. The coalition partners in the federal government – the SPD and the CDU/CSU - could not reach a consensus. Critics say no law is better than a bad law.
UK: Next government must prioritise soil
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11.05.2017 EditorA news item published by the Soil Association explains that in the run-up to the general election in the UK they are urging all parties to commit to protecting and restoring soil health in their manifestos.
David against Goliath in the Vinschgau Region
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09.05.2017 Kai KreuzerA municipality in the Italian province of South Tyrol dispenses with all pesticides. The governor of the province objects and senses it could set a precedent. But many people are supporting the pesticide opponents of Mals.
Germany: Empty Bins Campaign
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09.05.2017 Editor2 May was protest day against food waste. An article in Eco-World (eco-world.de) describes how activists demonstrated in front of the federal Ministry of Agriculture to vent their anger at the minister for ignoring this humanitarian and environmental issue.
EU: CETA and cloned cattle
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06.05.2017 EditorA research commissioned by the Greens/EFA Group in the EU Parliament and carried out by Testbiotech revealed it is likely that cloned cattle stemming from cloned bulls have entered the EU.
Roundup – carcinogenic or not?
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05.04.2017 EditorHas evidence that Roundup causes cancer been suppressed? Collusion on the part of Monsanto and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
Norway/Iceland: Back to a level playing field
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01.04.2017 EditorFrom March 2017, after a delay of 8 years, the EU will permit imports of organic salmon from EEA countries that have been certified in compliance with EU stipulations.
Monsanto Tribunal: Rechtsgutachten wird am 18. April verkündet
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21.03.2017Am 18. April werden die Richter des Monsanto Tribunalslöffentlich ihr Gutachten und ihre Empfehlungen in Den Haag verkünden. Es wird dazu einen Live Stream in englisch, französisch, deutsch und spanisch geben.
EU: renouncing palm oil?
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17.03.2017 RedaktionSustainable production and export criteria for palm oil and gradually abandoning the promotion of biofuel are intended to create better protection of the rainforest and the threatened species that live therein.
Legal opinion of the Monsanto Tribunal: April 18th
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14.03.2017 EditorOn April 18th, the Monsanto Tribunal judges will publicly present their conclusions and legal recommendations in The Hague. This event will be livestreamed in English, French, German and Spanish.
EU-Chile: organic trade agreement to be signed
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08.03.2017 EditorOn 6 March 2017, the European Council adopted a decision on the signing of an agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile on trade in organic products.
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