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The presentations at the session on the European Market for Organic Food, which was organised by the OrganicDataNetwork project are now online. Link OrganicDataNetwork.net: Presentations  read more

On February 13, 2013, the session "The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging Trends" was held at the BioFach Congress 2013. Speakers were Markus Arbenz o the International Federation of Organic... read more

A new research agenda for organic agriculture is presented by the Centre for Organic Food and Farming (EPOK) at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.  read more

Sales now top US$ 60 billion for the first time  read more

The session "Preparing the organic and agro-ecological sector for the new EU research and innovation policy"is organiszed by the the European Union Group of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements... read more

The Young Organics BioFach Camp takes place on Thursday, 14th February from 12:00 to 17:00 in Room Seoul (3rd floor of the NürngbergMesse congress building). Visitors will find a continuously updated pin board agenda at the... read more

At this event, latest Figures and Trends from the most important markets around the globe: Europe, North America, Australia, Brazil and Japan. read more

On February 13, the latest figures on organic agriculture as well as global market trends will be presented.  read more

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the review of the European policy on organic agriculture is running from January 15 to April 10, 2013. All citizens, organisations and public authorities who are... read more

IMPRO is a new project funded by the European Union, which aims to improve current health management strategies on organic dairy farms. The project website is now online.  read more

The 14th edition of "The World of Organic Agriculture" will be launched at BioFach 2013 at NürnbergMesse, Nuremberg, Germany. The presentation will be on February 13, 2013, from 2 to 2.45 pm, room St. Ptersburg.  read more

The session Organic Market Data Networks is organised by the European-funded SOLINSA project, which project aims to identify barriers to the development of Learning and Innovation Networks for sustainable agriculture (LINSA).  read more

On February 13, 2013 the annual session on the European market for organic food will take place at the BioFach Congress. This year it is organized by the European-funded research project OrganicDataNetwork.  read more

The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) started the 14th survey on organic agriculture world-wide in September and it is almost completed. The... read more

The Sustainability Camp is taking place November 23-26, 2012, at the Head Office of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), Bonn, Germany. On Monday, October 26, the outcomes can be watched on... read more

The University of Helsinki and the state research institute MTT Agrifood Research Finland have signed an agreement for co-operation to establish the Finnish Institute for Organic Food. The institute will function as network... read more

The contract for the Country of the Year at BioFach 2013 was ceremoniously signed in the Romanian capital Bucharest this month. read more

The Italian organic market has been growing for nine consecutive years.  read more

The first Newsletter of the OrganicDataNetwork project is now available at the project website. The project "Data network for better European organic market information" (OrganicDataNetwork) aims to increase the transparency of... read more

France can be pleased with the steady growth of its organic agriculture. It occupies the fourth place in the European rankings for organic agriculture after Spain, Italy and Germany (2011). read more

Twenty-eight participants attended the second meeting of the research project Data network for better European organic market information (OrganicDataNetwork) on October 4 and 5, 2012 at the Research Institute of Organic... read more

From 24 to 26 September 2012 the Organic Days were held in Larnaca on Cyprus. One of the conference days was dedicated to organic farming research.  read more

The 461th Seminar of the Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists will take place August 21-23, 2012 in Denmark. Papers can be submitted by February 15, 2013.  read more

A new EU publication lists almost 50 European projects related to organic and low-input farming. Chapters written by experts of the organic sector provide relevant background information.  read more

The Finish Food Safety Authority Evira has recently published the latest figures on organic agriculture in the country. read more

The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture has recently released the latest data on organic agriculture in Spain: Land under organic management, livestock data, and operator numbers.  read more

Tomas Nørfelt Fibiger of the Danish Agricultural Advisory Service DLBR has recently updated his report about organic farming in Denmark.  read more

The German Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Proptecteion BMELV has recently updated its report about organic farming in the country.  read more

In the first six months of 2012 the organic area in France surpassed the one million hectare mark. The organic market is now at four billion Euros (2011).  read more

The latest national statistics for the United Kingdom, produced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on the organic farming sector were released on 5 July 2012. Whereas many countries, for which 2011... read more

Press release of the IFOAM EU Group of July 2, 2012 read more

Recently the Swiss organic umbrella organisation Bio Suisse released the latest data on the Swiss organic market .  read more

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As part of the OrganicDataNetwork project (work package 1), project partners have now developed a survey to investigate the needs and demands of users of organic market data so that an organic market information system can be... read more

CORE Organic II, a European transnational research cooperation project supported by the European Union, has launched a new pilot call for proposals on the sustainable and efficient management of phosphorous and the use of... read more

Twenty years on from the original Earth Summit, the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) is present in Rio with a comprehensive and integrated advocacy program aimed at positioning organic agriculture... read more

Over 400 participants attended the first conference of the Hungarian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (ÖMKi) on February 2, 2012. The conference theme was the “State of organic agriculture in Hungary - Trends and... read more

New study on support of organic farming in the European Union published  read more

The IFOAM EU Group announces the "Organic Days in Cyprus" during the Cypriot EU Council Presidency which encloses three individual events that will take on 24, 25 and 26 of September at the Sun Hall Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus. read more

Global sales of organic products continue to defy the economic downturn, growing in 2010 and with growth continuing into 2011. One exception is, however, the UK where, despite areas of strong growth and improvement in the long... read more

Albania’s organic sector is still nascent, but is developing most dynamically. The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, working with local partners, has compiled the facts and figures in a study presenting the sector’s... read more

All slide presentations on organic agriculture worldwide 2010 are now ready.  read more

The OrganicDataNetwork project, which was recently launched, has now started a survey about data collectors and data availability of oganic market data in Europe. read more

Press release of the European project OrganicDataNetwork read more

The Sustainable Food Summit will take place in Amsterdam on June 7 & 8, 2012. Central themes of this sixth edition are sustainable commodities and food authentication. With growing incidents of food fraud, the summit... read more

Report about the first meeting of the European OrganicDataNetwork project  read more

For the fourth time, the brochure "Organic Farming in Estonia" has been published. It informs about the latest facts and figures about organic farming in the country. According to this publication, 14 percent of the agricultural... read more

According to provisional data for 2011, compiled by the German Federation of the Organic Food Industry BÖLW (www.boelw.de), the organic area grew by only 2.3 percent, increasing from of 990’702 hectares in 2010 to 1.01 million... read more

The dyanamic data table with the basic data on organic agriculture worldwide: Organic agricultural land, share of total agricultural land, and producers has been updated to include the 2010 data. Link Organic-World.net: Dynamic... read more

The National Association Serbia Organica has published, together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Economic Development Program ACCESS an industry study. A first, similar study, was... read more

A new country report about organic farming in Portugal is now available from Catarina Crisostomo.  read more

At the BioFach Congress, Amarjit Sahota of Organic Monitor presented the current situation of the global market for organic food and drink. His slides are now available for download.  read more

4th International conference on the organic development in Central/Eastern European and Central Asian countries is taking place in Turkey this year. Previous conferences were held in Ukraine, Georgia and Kazakhstan.  read more

In Bulgaria, considerable growth occurred in organic farming between 2009–2010. The certified land doubled between 2009 and 2010. During this time, the number of operators (producers, processors, exporters, importers) increased... read more

Germany is not only the largest market for organic products in Europe but also one of its largest organic producers. In spite of this fact, in 2009/2010 Germany imported, depending on the product, 2 to 95 percent of such organic... read more

Based on data from twelve organic inspection bodies in Germany, the Agricultural Market Information Company published an overview of the structure of land use and animal husbandry in German organic farming (2010 data). AMI data... read more

The European Union and the United States announced on February 15, 2012, that beginning June 1, 2012, organic products certified in Europe or in the United States may be sold as organic in either region. This partnership between... read more

FiBL and IFOAM are presenting the latest data on organic agriculture worldwide at BioFach in Nuremburg. read more

The first international workshop of the Italian Organic Agriculture Research Group (GRAB-IT) entiteld "Organic farming: a sustainable model for transition in the Mediterranean" will take place in Ancona, Italy, on May 10 and 11.  read more

At this session experts presented latest developments in leading organic markets.  read more

The international journal "Biological Agriculture & Horticulture", for thirty years one of the pioneering journals in organic agriculture, has recently been taken over by the major international publishers, Taylor... read more

The 6th European Organic Congress in Denmark is taking place at a crucial point in time for the debate on the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The Congress “Smart change - towards a sustainable CAP” addresses the policy... read more

At the BioFachCongress 2012 one session will with recent developments in organic agriculture in the Central and Eastern European countries (Organic Sector Development in Central and Eastern Europe on February 15). Below is an... read more

Media Release of the TILMAN-ORG Project read more

On 29 November 2011 the first research seminar of CORE Organic took place in Paris. CORE Organic is a European transnational research cooperation project supported by the European Commission. read more

A decision of the European Union on whether an ecolabel should be launched for food, feed and drink products is expected in the first half of 2012. read more

With its November 2011 newsletter the LowInputBreeds (www.lowinputbreeds.org)  project is informing its readers about progress made in its subprojects. The thematic article in this issue by Ferry Leenstra and... read more

Tackling the Future Challenges of Organic Animal Husbandry - Hamburg, Germany, September 12-14, 2012 read more

On October 18, 2011, the seminar "Agriculture in Times of Climate Change – Organic Farming Approaches to Face the Challenge" took place in Brussels, organized by the European Group of the International Federation... read more

The 17th Organic World Congress (OWC) of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), held in Gyeonggi Paldang, South Korea from September 26 to October 1, attracted close to 2000 participants from 76... read more

On October 12, 2011, the European Commission unveiled its proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2014–2020. The lacks ambition where substantial commitments are needed to shape future farming to ensure the... read more

The high-level half-day conference "Resource efficiency and food security: Opportunities and challenges for sustainable food systems" will be held on 9th November 2011 in the Committee of the Regions Building in Brussels on food... read more

Organized by the European Group of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM EU Group), the conference "Organic food processing - improving quality and environmental performance" is held on October 14,... read more

The Second European Workshop on Organic Seed Regulation of the European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding takes place September 21 and 22, 2011 at the Organic Research Centre, Elm Farm, Hamstead Marshall near Newbur, UK.  read more

Young organic and fair trade activists from all over the world have founded Young Organics e.V., a new global action network. A workshop at the 64th United Nations DPI NGO Conference in Bonn, on September 4th 2011 highlights the... read more

In May 2011 the First International Conference on Organic Food Quality and Health Research took place. The book of abstracts is now available; furthermore some of the full papers can be downloaded via the Organic Eprints archive.  read more

On July 11 and 12, 2011, the workshop "Building strategies for Africa: Adding-value through organic agriculture", took place in Brussels. The papers are now available at the website of the European Commission.  read more

The seminar "Agriculture in times of climate change – organic farming approaches to face the challenge" will take place in Brussels on October 18.  read more

One and a half million hectares are under organic agricultural management in Spain. The minister has announced a new action plan for organic food and farming.  read more

According to a recent press release of the German Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (www.BMELV.de), organic farming in Germany continued the trend shown in recent years and once again achieved solid... read more

The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) have started the next survey on organic agriculture world-wide. The data collection is supported by the... read more

The President of Ukraine vetoed the law on Ukrainian Organic Production that had been passed by the Ukrainian Parliament on April 21, 2011. read more

The full proposals of the first call of the CORE Organic II project (www.coreorganic2.org) have been evaluated by scientific experts. Hereafter, the CORE Organic II consortium selected eleven projects for funding at a meeting... read more

Organic Eprints, the open access archive for publications on organic research,  is expanding: The number of country editors has increased from 11 to 22. Country editors are responsible for the quality checks of the... read more

The new edition of the Organic Farm Management Handbook is now available, published by the Organic Research Centre at Elm Farm (UK).  read more

The Irish National Organic Food Conference, which took place on June 14, 2011, covered a number of issues of relevance to the development of the food sector. Themes included Irish organic export opportunity or the... read more

According to a press release, published at the occassion of the 3104th Council meeting of the European Union's Agriculture and Fisheries ministers, ministers were briefed by the Hungarian representative about the congress... read more

The Estonian Organic Farming Foundation has recently published a brochure on organic farming in Estonia in 2010. It is in English and Estonian and has the most important facts and figures about the organic sector in the country.  read more

The European Commission has annouced that the European Union and Canada have reached agreement on an equivalency in organic products.  read more

To operate successfully in importing organic products to Switzerland and the European Union, it is crucial to have accurate information on market access conditions. For this reason, the Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO)... read more

FiBL has now published a revised version of its background information on E. coli.  read more

There has been much speculation about the pathogenic EHEC bacterial strain that has claimed the lives of more than thirty people so far in Germany. In the present document FiBL, the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture,... read more

On the occasion of the extraordinary meeting of the Agriculture Council the IFOAM EU Group (www.ifoam-eu.org) expresses its concern that weeks after the first outbreak of a new strain of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)... read more

At a press conference on May 19, 2011, Agence Bio, the Frnch Agency for organic agriculture, presented the latest figures on the sector in France.  read more

Slides on the results from the FiBL and IFOAM survey as published in The World of Organic Agriculture 2011 (with some updates) and further graphs are now available in PDF format. Presentation 1: About the FiBL/IFOAM... read more

The IFOAM EU Group (www.ifoam-eu.org) and the Hungarian EU Presidency in cooperation with the Hungarian Ministry for Rural Development, Biokontroll Hungária and Magyar Biokultúra Szövetsé are organizing the conference “Organic... read more

The fourth newsletter of the LowInputBreeds project reports on the successful first project symposium which took place in March in Wageningen, the Netherlands, focussing on ethical issues in animal breeding. Furthermore the... read more

The Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) has—as one of the last in Eastern Europe—approved a new law on organic farming. This is a major mile-stone for the sector and sets a legal, economic and social basis for organic farming... read more

The aim of the summit is to explore new horizons for sustainability and eco-labels in the food industry. The 4th edition of this high-level summit will take place in Amsterdam (June 23 - 24) and focuses on two major aspects of... read more

The 3rd Portugese Colloquium on Organic Horticulture and the 1st Portugese Colloqium on Organic Animal Production will take place in Braga (Northwest Portugal) from September 22 to 24, 2011.  read more

The strategic aim of the project "Advancing Organic Agriculture Research in Hungary," launched in 2011, is to foster research of high scientific caliber in the field of organic agriculture and food production in Hungary. The... read more

According to the latest Soil Association Organic Market Report, Sales of organic products fell 5.9 percent to 1.73 billion British Pounds in 2010 with the rate of decline slowing significantly throughout the year. read more

On March 30, 2011, the Swiss organic umbrella organisation Bio Suisse (www.biosuisse.ch) released the latest figures on the development of the organic sector in the country. Again the number of producers and the organic area... read more

The magazine Ecology & Farming, published by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (www.ifoam.org) was re-launched  in February 2011 as a print magazine.Thanks to Peter Brul, the... read more

Recently the European Group of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements has published the dossier "Organic food and farming – a system approach to meet the sustainability challenge". It delivers scientific... read more

The successful 5th Producer Conference of the Organic Research Centre Elm Farm was held on the 17th and 18th January at the Cotswold Water Park Four Pillars Hotel and was attended by well over 200 delegates who participated in... read more

With its Implementation Action Plan, the Technology Platform for Organic Food and Farming Research, TP Organics, completes its trilogy of key documents. In December 2010, TP Organics finalised the Implementation Action Plan. read more

At the BioFach session "The European Market for Organic Food" experts presented the latest trends in Germany, France, UK and Central Eastern European countries. Some of the presentations are now available.  read more

Papers for the 3rd International Scientific Conference "New findings in organic farming research and their possible use for Central and Eastern Europe” can be submitted until May 30, 2011. read more

In 2010, the organic agricultural land increased by 12 percent in the Czech Republic. More than ten percent of the agricultural land is organic.  read more

The fourth yearbook on organic agriculture in the Czech Republic has now been published by the the Ministry of Agriculture. It was compiled by Bioinstitut.  read more

According to the latest survey on organic agriculture worldwide (data 2009), the total grape area is now at more than 190'000 hectares or 2.6 percent of the global grape area (7.4 million hectares).  read more

At the BioFach Congress 2011 the latest figures on organic agriculture world-wide, on the global market and on the current status of certification and legislations were presented. The PDFs of the presentations are now available... read more

Organic agriculture is practised in 160 countries and 37.2 million hectares of agricultural land are managed organically by 1.8 million farmers. The global sales of organic food and drink reached 54.9 billion US dollars in... read more

ACTMedia News Agency, Feburary 20, 2012 read more

Thirty-seven million hectares of agricultural land worldwide are farmed organically. The countries with the largest area of organic agricultural land are Australia, Argentina and the USA. Organic land area increased by two... read more

The German GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) has recently released a report about organic farming in Serbia. The summary shown here is taken from the Organic-Market.info webpage.  read more

Recently the second edition of Organic Monitors 'European Market for Organic Food and Drink' was published.  read more

In three languages, the new activity report is a fascinating look at the most important projects of FiBL Switzerland, Austria and Germany. This comprehensive overview of the latest activities in organic research is available... read more

The First International Conference on Organic Food Quality and Health Research takes place May 18-20, 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic. Papers can be submitted by January 23, 2011.  read more

Organic Monitor has recently released the 3rd edition of the Global Organic Food & Drink market report.  read more

According to a recent government study the organic market in Spain is growing. Export plays a major role.  read more

Papers for the International Conference "Organic Agriculture and Agro-Eco tourism in the Mediterranean can be submitted until March 31, 2011.  read more

CORE Organic project Farmer Consumer Partnerships publishes a handbook on how to successfully communicate the values of organic food on Organic Eprints. read more

Ilse A. Rasmussen is new coordinator of Organic Eprints at ICROFS, the International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems in Denmark. read more

Organic Romania is a high professional meeting for traders, processors, famers and organisations who work with organic food, non-food and commodities. Focussing on the Romanian domestic market and its sustainable development... read more

The third newsletter of the EU-funded project LowInputBreeds informs its readers about recent project activities and results in cattle, sheep, pig and laying hen production systems. read more

The Organic Research Centre’s 2011 Organic Producer Conference will be held from 17-18th January at the Four Pillars Hotel, Cotswold Water Park, near Cirencester, in the UK.  read more

Organic Food is being purchased by a growing number of Irish shoppers every year, according to new research presented recently by th Irish Food Board, Bord Bia.  read more

During September of this year of international biodiversity, the 3rd International Conference on the organic sector development in Central/Eastern European and Central Asian countries took place and focussed on the relationship... read more

On September 21, 2010 the Network for Practical Research in Organic Farming (VÖP) was founded by four German organizations: the organic producers organisations Bioland and Naturland, the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture... read more

The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movemements (IFOAM) have started the next survey on organic agriculture world-wide. The data collection is supported by... read more

The latest National Statistics produced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Defra on the organic farming sector were released on 29 July 2010. This release shows information gathered during 2009 for organic... read more

This new publication represents a unique collection of European and Asian perspectives on the production, trade and consumption of high quality food. read more

From August 22 to 27, 2010, the 28th Congress of the International Society of Horticultural Sciences (ISHS) took place in Lisbon, Portugal. Over 3300 participants attended the Congress and more than 4000 abstracts were submitted.... read more

An updated report on the current status of organic farming in Germany has recently been published at the homepage of Germany's Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection BMVEL.  read more

The new figures about the Italian organic industry released by SINAB (Italian National Information System on Organic Agriculture www.sinab.it) show a growth of 10 percent of organically cultivated areas. Italy still... read more

On July 19, 2010, the European Commission opened a two-day conference to debate the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and to discuss the results of the related public consultation. These results clearly show that the public... read more

Recently Agence Bio released the latest (2009) figures on organic agriculture in the country. There has been a major increase in both organic land and domestic sales in 2009.  read more

The German Ministry of Agriculture recently released the latest (2009) figures on organic agriculture in the country. read more

In June 2010, the Directorate-General for Agriculture And Rural Development of the European Commission published an analysis of the organic sector in the European Union, using a number of data sources, including data provided by... read more

On June 16, 2010, the European Commission withdrew its proposal for regulating organic wine making at the EU level. A compromise between the member states and the Commission could not be achieved. In a recent press release the... read more

According to Biologica's Bio monitor 2009, the organic area went up to 51'911 hectares in 2009, an increase of about 1500 hectares compared with 2008. The organic agricultural land now accounts for 2.7 percent of the total... read more

The Czech Technology Platform for Organic Agriculture CTPOA was founded with the aim of uniting and linking a wide range of people and companies active in the field of organic farming and organic food production.  read more

Bioacademy – an already well-established annual event in the agendas of organic producers, researchers, business people, government representatives and NGOs - is having its 10th anniversary this year. It expects to gather between... read more

Recently the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture MARM released the 2009 data for organic agriculture in the country. According to these figures, there are 1.3 million hectares of organic agricultural land and in addition 0.3 million... read more

In 2009 the turnover with organic food in Austria reached 984 million Euros. The domestic market (i.e. total turnover excluding export and catering) was 867.6 million Euros. read more

The European Commission has recently published an updated list of public authorities and approved private inspection bodies.  read more

The Soil Association has recently published its organic market report for the UK. It predicts a modest market expansion of between 2 percent to 5 percent in the UK market for organic products in 2010. read more

On March 31, 2010, the new EU organic logo, introduced by Commission Regulation (EU) No 271/2010 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. read more

Recently, the Swiss organic umbrella organisation Bio Suisse presented the 2009 data on organic agriculture. Whereas the market grew in 2009, the number of organic farms and the organic agricultural land decreased.  read more

Recently a broshure was published about organic farming in Estonia. It informs extensively about the current situation.  read more

The Spanish Society for Organic Farming SEAE will organise its 9th Scientific Congress on organic farming in Lleida, the agricultural capital of Catalonia, October 6 to 9, 2010, to be held at the University of Lleida... read more

The Spanish Society for Organic Farming SEAE will organise its 9th Scientific Congress on organic farming in Lleida, the agricultural capital of Catalonia, October 6 to 9, 2010, to be held at the University of Lleida... read more

The forthcoming 3rd Bio Summit conference that will take place at the Congress Centre U Hájku in Prague on April 8, 2010, will bring many novelties. More information Bio-Summit.Retailinfo.cz: Homepage of the Bio... read more

According to a new report released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, organic farming in the 27 countries of the European Union covered 7.8 million hectares* in 2008, up by seven percent compared with... read more

Tutto Bio 2010, the yearbook of organic farming is available now. Published by Egaf Edizioni, this year's edition has 328 pages and costs 16 euros. In its 16th edition, information on about 8000 operators is published, of which... read more

In Italy, a technology platform for organic was founded on January 19, 2010 in Rome, at the premises of the National Research Council CNR. This is reported in the Bollettino Bio.  read more

The German Federation of the Organic Food Industry BOELW has recently published the latest market and production data for Germany.  read more

According to Urs Niggli, Director of the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and member of the jury, the harsh criticism of the organic stakeholders over the 3 proposed organic logos is not justified. read more

According to AMA-Marketing, presently 3 percent of the apples are grown organically in Austria, which is about 4'000 tons. This quantity covers about half the Austrian requirements. Every second organic apple is imported.  read more

The first Romanian Organic Forum was successfully held from October 22-23, 2009,  in Bucharest. Around 150 participants attended this two-day conference at the Romexpo grounds. They showed big interest in the lectures... read more

The Conference 'Organic Cooperation and Research in the Mediterranean' is held by the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari MAIB on October 14 and 15, 2009, in Bari.  read more

The Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture has recently released an extensive report about the current situation of organic farming in Serbia.  read more

In August 2009, the conference "Forstering healthy food systems through organic agriculture - Focus on the North-Baltic Region" took place in Tartu, Estonia.  read more

Although the organic sector in Ukraine had been exclusively export oriented, since the beginning of 2009 several Ukrainian products are sold on the domestic market.  read more

According to the latest data, in Italy more than one million hectares are under organic management (December 31, 2008). However, compared with the previous year, there has been a decrease in the organic land area. read more

Trevor Sargent, the Irish Minister for Food and Horticulture at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, named the members of Forás Orgánach on August 28, 2009. Forás Orgánach is a new body which was established to... read more

Total sales in the organic sector in 2008 are stated as 5.85 billion Euros compared with the previous 5.3 billion Euros. read more

Organic production has grown rapidly in Estonia, one of the reasons being the financial support since 2000. By 2008 organic land (approx. 87'000 hectares) was close to ten percent of all agricultural land in use, with 1245... read more

(DAFF) Trevor Sargent, Minister for Food and Horticulture at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, has recently announced a review of the Organic Farming Scheme. The review will look at how available funds are used... read more

According to recent press release of Green Marketing, Czechs bought most of their organic food in retail chains in 2008.  read more

The market for organic food in Finland experienced slow growth for several years but in 2007 it grew by 10 percent, and the latest figures from Nielsen show that in 2008 the market grew by a healthy 19 percent. read more

The third yearbook of organic farming in the Czech Republic was recently published by the Czech Ministry of Agriculture in cooperation with the Bioinstitut. It contains a wealth of information including detailed statistical... read more

The 9th European Summer Academy on Organic Farming - Biocademy 2009 - was held on June 24 to 25, 2009, in the premises of the Horticultural Faculty of the Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Lednice na Moravě, Czech... read more

In Austria the number of farms and the organic land increased also in 2008. With 13.8 percent of the country's agricultural land, Austria has the highest share of organic land in the European Union and the second highest in the... read more

A completely updated report on the current situation of organic farming in Germany is now available at the homepage of the German Ministry of Agriculture BMLEV.  read more

Sales of organic food in France jumped 25 percent last year and more than 60 percent in three years to reach 2.6 billion Euros, according to Agence Bio, the French Organic Food and Farming Agency. read more

For Spain a major growth of organic land is reported for 2008. According to the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture there are more than 1.3 million hectares of organic land.  read more

In Denmark the organically managed land went up by 10 percent during 2008. Currently more than 160'000 hectares or six percent of the country's agricultural land are organic. read more

Italy's organic market continues to grow. In 2008, the Italians spent 5.4 percent more on organic products compared to the previous year. The growth, which must partly be attributed to higher prices, was however slower than in... read more

The recently published leaflet 'EU environment related indicators 2009' presents 10 environment-related indicators that highlight environmental trends, including organic farming.  read more

The turnover with organic food in the Czech Republic grew by 40 percent in 2008 and reached 1.8 billion Czech Crowns or 68 million Euros. Czech consumers thus spent more than 0.5 billion Czech Crowns more than in 2007, Green... read more

The 2009 market report for the UK has now been released by the Soil Association, showing that UK sales of organic products increased overall by 1.7% in 2008 to over £2.1 billion growing strongly in the first six to nine months... read more

In Austria, the turnover with organic food increased by more than six percent in 2008, according to FiBL, Agricultura and Bio Austria.  read more

The 9th Bioacademy, titled 'Organic Farming - A Response to Economic and Environmental Challenges' will be held on 24th – 26th June 2009, in Lednice, Czech Republic. Papers can be submitted until April 20, 2009. Like in 2008, a... read more

On March 24, 2009, the Swiss organic umbrella organisation Bio Suisse presented the latest figures on organic farming in Switzerland (end 2008). According to these figures, the Swiss organic market grew strongly in 2008 – by 11.2... read more

For almost 10 years Bulgarian and foreign organic products have been offered on the Bulgarian market. The turnover with organic products in Bulgaria is estimated at 4 million Euros in 2008.  read more

The next technical conference of the Spanish Society of Organic Agriculture SEAE will take place in Mallorca, Spain, from September 16-19, 2009. Papers can be submitted by May 20, 2009. read more

According to the German Federation of the Organic Food Industry BOELW, the organic area increased to more than 900'000 hectares in 2008. This constitutes an increase of 5.3 %.  The number of farms is 19'824, an increase... read more

In May 2007, the Danish Ministry of Food asked the Intermational Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems ICROFS to carry out a "knowledge synthesis", a fact finding work that should clarify the opportunities and barriers for... read more

An international team of organic market specialists profiles the booming organic markets in 27 countries. The new report shows the underlying forces, the protagonists and perspectives of this growth. The ambitious project of... read more

In August 2008 a report on organic agriculture in italy was published by the Global Agriculture Information Network GAIN of the United States Department of Agriculture USDA:  read more

At the occasion of the 16th Organic World Congress of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, the Mediterranean Organic Agriculture Network MOAN presented the publication "Organic Farming Policy in... read more

From June 16 to 20, 2008, the 16th IFOAM Organic World Congress, including pre-conferences, took place in Modena, Italy. The Congress had more than 1'700 participants. read more

Organic farming in Belgium has continued to grow substantially in 2007. The organic area increased from almost 29'000 ha to more than 33'000 ha, constituting an increase of 15 %. read more

According to the EU Regulation on organic farming, European Union Member States must ensure that a database is established in which organic seed and seed potatoes can be registered. Recently, the Bulgarian Government decided to... read more

www.bioaktuell.ch, the recently launched platform with technical information for Swiss organic farmers, is now also available in French.  read more

On April 30, 2008, an organic action plan was launched in Ireland. Speaking at the launch Minister Sargent said that he was committed to achieving the very necessary development of the organic sector in Ireland.  read more

The organically managed area continues to grow in Austria but the current demand for organic products cannot be met. Therefore a new action plan for organic food and farming 2008-2010 was recently launched. Austria aims to remain... read more

From April 10 to 12, 2008, 228 participants from 25 countries came together for the ‘International Conference on the organic sector development in Central/Eastern European and Central Asian countries’ to discuss concepts,... read more

The 2007 yearbook on organic farming in the Czech Republic has now been published by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic in cooperation with Bioinstitut. The yearbook is available in English and in Czech.  read more