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![They make it happen! Enriching plant genetic diversity by bringing landrace varieties back into people’s gardens and plates](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/09/21-420x540.png)
18/12/2020
Vision
They make it happen! Enriching plant genetic diversity by bringing landrace varieties back into people’s gardens and plates
Are you a researcher, producer, breeder or simply interested in organic seeds? Get inspired by the Hungarian Research Institute of…
![They make it happen! Crete’s Culinary Sanctuaries Educational Network protects Crete’s national heritage](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/09/21-420x540.png)
14/12/2020
Vision
They make it happen! Crete’s Culinary Sanctuaries Educational Network protects Crete’s national heritage
All over Europe, citizens are working to make food and farming systems fairer, environmentally conscious, healthy and caring. In Greece,…
![Welcome note November 2020 newsletter](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/WelcomeNote-2-420x540.png)
Welcome note November 2020 newsletter
Dear readers, I would like to use this opportunity to look back on a turbulent year, marked with great successes…
![Lead by example! Check out inspiring initiatives from the organic sector and submit your own](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/09/21-420x540.png)
25/11/2020
Vision
Lead by example! Check out inspiring initiatives from the organic sector and submit your own
Are you contributing to the transformation of European food and farming systems? Showcase your initiative at EUorganic2030.bio! To achieve the…
![Registration to IFOAM Organics Europe Meets Business 2020 closes next week. Secure your spot!](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/09/NEW-WEBSITE-THUMBNAILS-1-420x540.png)
Registration to IFOAM Organics Europe Meets Business 2020 closes next week. Secure your spot!
IFOAM Organics Europe Meets Business 2020 is around the corner! In a little more than two weeks we will meet…
![Sign the petition to call on Europe to save the bees and farmers!](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/NEW-WEBSITE-THUMBNAILS-1-420x540.jpg)
23/11/2020
Biodiversity
Sign the petition to call on Europe to save the bees and farmers!
More than 400.000 participants have already signed the European Citizens’ Initiative to ‘Save bees and farmers’ and you can add…
![1 million citizens are calling on the Commission: Our forests are in danger, act now!](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/09/GP0STPO9P_Web_size_with_credit_line-420x534.jpg)
1 million citizens are calling on the Commission: Our forests are in danger, act now!
One million people demand EU law to stop deforestation More than a million people have so far called for a…
![New organic regulations published](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/EURegulation-420x540.png)
New organic regulations published
Application of the new EU Organic Regulation Originally, the new EU Organic Regulation (EU) 2018/848 was set to apply from 1…
![They make it happen! Get inspired by Biopartner and help improve, inspire and deliver organic across Europe](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/09/21-420x540.png)
13/11/2020
Vision
They make it happen! Get inspired by Biopartner and help improve, inspire and deliver organic across Europe
Transforming European food and farming systems by 2030, the shared vision of the organic movement, means improving how we grow…
![IFOAM Organics Europe meets business – Agenda available! 8-9 December, online](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/09/NEW-WEBSITE-THUMBNAILS-1-420x540.png)
IFOAM Organics Europe meets business – Agenda available! 8-9 December, online
Save the date for the next “IFOAM Organics Europe meets business” taking place online on 8-9 December 2020. “Bringing the…
![Do you have an initiative that is transforming food & farming? Share it with us to get visibility & inspire others!](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/09/21-420x540.png)
21/10/2020
Vision
Do you have an initiative that is transforming food & farming? Share it with us to get visibility & inspire others!
To make the EU Green Deal a reality, we will need to transform food and farming. The organic movement has…
![European Parliament pushes for fast recovery aid](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/MemberUpdate-420x540.png)
15/10/2020
COVID19
European Parliament pushes for fast recovery aid
On 13 October, the Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament voted for a fast, targeted and sustainable recovery package for…
![Why is it important to save the bees and farmers? Watch this video](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/03/NEW-WEBSITE-THUMBNAILS-2-420x540.jpg)
15/10/2020
Biodiversity
Why is it important to save the bees and farmers? Watch this video
As part of their ongoing campaign, the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) ‘Save bees and farmers!’ has released a set of…
![From vision to strategy: Develop your organisational strategy with our toolkit](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/MemberUpdate-420x540.png)
12/10/2020
Vision
From vision to strategy: Develop your organisational strategy with our toolkit
Last month, we shared with you why it is useful to develop your organisation’s vision, and how you can do…
![They make it happen! Get inspired by Demeter Academy and their partners’ initiative to bring organic on every table in Germany](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/09/21-420x540.png)
08/10/2020
Vision
They make it happen! Get inspired by Demeter Academy and their partners’ initiative to bring organic on every table in Germany
Taking over an organic farm or setting up your own new enterprise in the organic sector can be challenging. In…
![Develop your own vision and strategy using our member-only toolkit](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/MemberUpdate-420x540.png)
18/09/2020
Vision
Develop your own vision and strategy using our member-only toolkit
By 2030, the organic movement wants fair, environmentally conscious, healthy and caring food and farming systems across Europe. That is…
![Reveal of a detection method for a gene-edited rapeseed - What is the significance and why is there a controversy?](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/GMOs-1-420x540.png)
17/09/2020
GMOs
Reveal of a detection method for a gene-edited rapeseed - What is the significance and why is there a controversy?
A regulation is only worth so much as it can be enforced. This is why on 7 September, an open…
![Making Europe more organic using the EcoLocal Market app](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/09/21-420x540.png)
16/09/2020
Vision
Making Europe more organic using the EcoLocal Market app
Get inspired by a Spanish app! To make the organic value chain fairer and more transparent, two women developers have…
![Help protecting our forests by demanding deforestation free supply-chains – Together4Forests](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/09/GP0STPO9P_Web_size_with_credit_line-420x534.jpg)
Help protecting our forests by demanding deforestation free supply-chains – Together4Forests
Forests and other ecosystems are under pressure worldwide: A total of 13 million hectares are deforested each year and almost…
![First open source detection test for a gene-edited GM crop](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/PR-420x540.png)
07/09/2020
GMOs
First open source detection test for a gene-edited GM crop
This press release was first published by Greenpeace EU Brussels, 07 SEPTEMBER 2020 – Greenpeace, together with other non-governmental organisations,…
![Take part in the members-only webinar on our vision & strategy toolkit](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/MemberUpdate-420x540.png)
07/06/2020
Vision
Take part in the members-only webinar on our vision & strategy toolkit
Are you an IFOAM EU member who is developing a vision & strategy process for your organisation? Our new member-only toolkit can…
![European Patent Office: No patents on conventionally bred varieties](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/GMOs-1-420x540.png)
European Patent Office: No patents on conventionally bred varieties
On 14 May 2020, the enlarged board of appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has released an opinion that…
![Welcome note April 2020](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/WelcomeNote-2-420x540.png)
Welcome note April 2020
Dear readers, For all of us, these days are really challenging. We are facing a crisis where no one can…
![Political hotspot April 2020](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/PoliticalHotspot-2-420x540.png)
Political hotspot April 2020
The current COVID-19 pandemic has far reaching effects on Europe, life as we know it, agriculture and the organic sector.…
![COVID-19 – A double-edged sword for the European organic sector](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/MemberUpdate-420x540.png)
21/04/2020
COVID19
COVID-19 – A double-edged sword for the European organic sector
The coronavirus is causing the biggest and most acute crisis Europe faced in the last decades, and it is also…
![Open Letter: CSOs open letter on the importance and urgency of publishing the Farm to Fork strategy: no further delays, keep April 2020 as publication date](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/JointLetter-420x540.png)
Open Letter: CSOs open letter on the importance and urgency of publishing the Farm to Fork strategy: no further delays, keep April 2020 as publication date
Brussels, 14 April 2020 To:Executive Vice-President Frans TimmermansCommissioner Stella KyriakidesCommissioner Janusz WojciechowskiCommissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius CC:Anne Bucher, Director-General of DG SANTE…
![JOINT LETTER: Measures to support farmers in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/JointLetter-420x540.png)
01/04/2020
COVID19
JOINT LETTER: Measures to support farmers in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
To: Commissioner WojciechowskiCc: Commissioner Sinkevičius and Commission Executive Vice-President TimmermansEuropean CommissionBerlaymont, Rue de la Loi 2001000 – Brussels 1st April…
![European Organic Congress - Registration opening postponed to April 2020](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/EOC-2-420x540.png)
European Organic Congress - Registration opening postponed to April 2020
The 2020 edition of the European Organic Congress is scheduled to take place on 1 and 2 July 2020 in Berlin, Germany.…
![PRESS RELEASE - Taxation can be a tool towards true cost accounting according to new study](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/Report-2-420x540.png)
10/04/2019
Fairness & transparency
PRESS RELEASE - Taxation can be a tool towards true cost accounting according to new study
BOLZANO, ITALY, 10 APRIL 2019 – Conventional potato cultivation in Germany costs €1298/hectare in ground water pollution alone. For organic…