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On 19 July, the EU Commission revealed the finalists of the 2024 EU Organic Awards, the EU-wide yearly initiative recognising organic…

Organic living labs develop and test food security & resilience scenarios

Helping to create and support “living labs” (LLs) is an important strategy within EU research and innovation to promote the…

Get ready for the last part of Horizon Europe & the next framework programme – Organic Innovation Days

This year’s edition of TP Organics’ annual Organic Innovation Days is themed “Preparing for the next programme: Getting organic research…

Building our members’ capacity, also after the EU elections

A new European Parliament is settling in and the new European Commission is scheduled to officially start its work on…

The EU has continent-wide Nature Restoration Law

Today, the Nature Restoration Law entered into force. The law’s objective is the long-term recovery of nature in the EU’s…

Provide your input to EU research & innovation priorities for organic & agroecology by 18 August

The Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for Organics and Agroecology is a key document setting organic and agroecology’s research…
31/07/2024
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Saying goodbye to our volunteers

About the ESC Programme  The European Solidarity Corps (ESC) provides young people residing in Europe with the unique chance to…

Biodiversity management in organic greenhouses – Webinar available

In the frame of in the IPMWORKS project, we hosted a webinar on greenhouses and biodiversity – the last one…

Welcome back, Ms von der Leyen. EU organic looks forward to continue transforming our rural areas & food systems

BRUSSELS, 18 JULY 2024 – The European organic movement congratulates Ursula von der Leyen on her re-election as President of…

Help set the EU’s research and innovation priorities for organic & agroecology 

The Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for Organics and Agroecology is a key document setting organic and agroecology’s R&I…

Positive steps for EU’s resilience in Council decisions on nature restoration, soil monitoring law & green claims

On 17 June, European legislation on soil, nature, and environmental labelling took a few steps forward as the Council of…
13/06/2024
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Join our Brussels team: 5 exciting placements open

IFOAM Organics Europe is excited to announce a call for 4 enthusiastic young volunteers from the European Solidarity Corps (ESC)…

Political Hotspot June 2024

Ongoing farmers’ protests highlight the need to address concerns about unfair pricing and competition in European agriculture. The objectives laid…
04/06/2024
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General Assembly 2024: Register now & agenda available 

We would like to inform our members that the General Assembly’s (GA) agenda is now published on the member’s extranet…
03/06/2024
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Saying goodbye to our colleagues

Selene Capalbo  After 5 months in our communications team, Selene is leaving IFOAM Organics Europe to continue building her experience…

Invitation to Council members to strategy workshop 

We are pleased to invite (y)our national representative(s) to take part in IFOAM Organics Europe’s internal strategy workshop physically on…
27/05/2024
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We need your help on improving our services 

We want to better meet your needs as IFOAM Organics Europe member. Help us do this by sharing how you…

Organic movement meets Commission President Ursula von der Leyen 

On 26 April, IFOAM Organics Europe met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for a discussion on the…

Soil health and global food security – Organic & biocontrol’s contribution 

On 25 April 2024, high-level experts and policymakers deliberated the different areas regarding biocontrol, organic soil health and research and…

Soil health and global food security: Research & innovation for biological inputs

Policies for and investment in research and innovation (R&I) that contribute to transforming food and farming are key to achieve…
10/04/2024
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Welcome Note April 2024

Dear readers, Welcome to the April edition of our newsletter. Already in February’s special newsletter, we highlighted European farmers’ grievances…
09/04/2024
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Calling all IFOAM Organics Europe’s members: Your voices shape our future – General Assembly on 20 June 2024

We are pleased to invite IFOAM Organics Europe’s members to this year’s virtual General Assembly (GA) on 20 June 2024,…

Research call to tackle sound digitalisation for agriculture & food systems open

The 2024 ICT-AGRI-FOOD Joint Call is officially open for proposals that will contribute “Towards transformation of agri-food systems for the…

Preview of events

On 14-15 April, Joanna Wierzbicka, our Deputy Director will be attending Natural & Organic Products Expo (NOPEX) at ExCeL, London…

Nature restoration in jeopardy – Member States’ Environment Ministers endanger another EU law

After reaching a trilogue agreement on the Nature Restoration Law last November, adoption of a piece of European Union legislation…

Organics Europe's stance on Member State's efforts to delay anti-deforestation law (EUDR)

Some EU Member States, spearheaded by Austria and endorsed by Finland, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Sweden, are trying to weaken…
22/03/2024
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Share your membership experience with us: your feedback matters!

Do you have any feedback about the membership services we provide as IFOAM Organics Europe? Or maybe about our activities,…
20/03/2024
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Want to learn more about IFOAM Organics Europe’s present, past and future work? Have a look at our 2024 prospectus!

IFOAM Organics Europe is the European umbrella organisation for organic food and farming. With almost 200 members in 34 European…

Research call ‘Fostering agroecology at farm & landscape levels’ open

The new European Research & Innovation Partnership AGROECOLOGY has launched its first call “Fostering agroecology at farm and landscape levels”.…

Organic movement starts mapping needs & priorities for research and innovation policies 

Titled “Next steps to sustainable food systems”, TP Organics started its consultation process to identify what the organic movement and…
01/03/2024
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Explaining IFOAM Organics Europe’s work in two pages – Updated prospectus

In the first quarter of 2024, we updated our prospectus, a short overview of our activities and accomplishments over the…

OrganicAdviceNetwork project, the first Europe-wide network for organic advisors, starting soon!

As the EU Farm-to-Fork Strategy aims to achieve 25% of organic farmland in the EU by 2030, new organic farmers…
 
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