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![Discover the projects organised at BIOFACH 2024 as part of the ''Being Organic in EU'' campaign.](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2023/12/Being-organic-in-EU.png)
29/03/2024
Events
Discover the projects organised at BIOFACH 2024 as part of the ''Being Organic in EU'' campaign.
The second year of BEING ORGANIC in EU marked two well-attended sessions and a networking reception at BIOFACH 2024, the…
![Upcoming 2024 Council meetings: Strengthening connections across Europe in September & November](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/AboutUS-2-420x540.png)
27/03/2024
Events
Upcoming 2024 Council meetings: Strengthening connections across Europe in September & November
We are pleased to invite (y)our national representatives to the European organic umbrella organisation(y)our natio to meet their European counterparts…
![Nature restoration in jeopardy – Member States’ Environment Ministers endanger another EU law](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/Biodiversity-420x540.jpg)
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)](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/09/GP0STPO9P_Web_size_with_credit_line-420x534.jpg)
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…
![Organic movement starts mapping needs & priorities for research and innovation policies](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2023/09/TP-Organics_small-420x540.jpg)
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…
![IFOAM Organics Europe regrets a CAP simplification without vision](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/11/pressrelease-420x540.png)
IFOAM Organics Europe regrets a CAP simplification without vision
BRUSSELS, 15 MARCH 2024 – IFOAM Organics Europe warns that the CAP simplification proposal presented today by the Commission is…
![Organic movement’s voice in the Civil Dialogue Group on Environment, Climate and the CAP](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/CAP-2-420x540.png)
07/03/2024
CAP
Organic movement’s voice in the Civil Dialogue Group on Environment, Climate and the CAP
As IFOAM Organics Europe, our members and experts regularly advise and discuss policy options with the Commission and other stakeholders…
![OrganicAdviceNetwork project, the first Europe-wide network for organic advisors, starting soon!](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2024/02/Organic-advisory-420x540.jpg)
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…
![New faces and new projects in the Research & Innovation Unit](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2024/04/SOILLStartup-420x540.jpg)
New faces and new projects in the Research & Innovation Unit
A new year means new research and innovation (R&I) projects! Several new Horizon Europe projects in which IFOAM Organics Europe…
![Von der Leyen yields to farmer’s groups demands to shelve the Sustainable Use of Pesticide Regulation proposal](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2023/10/SUR-420x540.png)
Von der Leyen yields to farmer’s groups demands to shelve the Sustainable Use of Pesticide Regulation proposal
This week the European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen announced in a concession to farmers, after weeks of protests…
![BIOFACH 2024: promotion policy in the spotlight!](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2024/02/BIOFACH-2-420x540.jpg)
08/02/2024
Events
BIOFACH 2024: promotion policy in the spotlight!
We are looking forward to meeting you at this year’s BIOFACH/VIVANESS, taking place next week between 13-16 February in Nuremberg. Drop by our booth 517 in Hall…
![Meet us at BIOFACH 2024](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2023/12/BIOFACH-420x540.jpg)
31/01/2024
Events
Meet us at BIOFACH 2024
On 13-16 February the world’s leading organic trade fair, BIOFACH/VIVANESS, returns with its 2024 edition in Nuremberg, Germany. As the European…
![Wrapping up four years of interregional cooperation on Organic Action Plans](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/07/NEW-WEBSITE-THUMBNAILS-3-420x540.jpg)
Wrapping up four years of interregional cooperation on Organic Action Plans
2 December 2019 – Brussels, Belgium The final event of the SME Organics project gathered regional partners from all over Europe in…
![Organic processors meet at IGOP meeting & IGOP annual general meeting](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/Review-420x540.png)
04/12/2019
Events
Organic processors meet at IGOP meeting & IGOP annual general meeting
2 December was an exciting day for the Interest Group of Organic Processors (IGOP). After a morning meeting about the…
![Join us at the Climate Conference COP25 | Time for Action](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2019/12/NEW-WEBSITE-THUMBNAILS-4-420x540.jpg)
Join us at the Climate Conference COP25 | Time for Action
The 25th UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) started 03 December in Madrid and will run until 13 December. As every year, IFOAM…
![Developing Organic: Join our ‘Pesticide use and contamination’ project](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/MemberUpdate-420x540.png)
Developing Organic: Join our ‘Pesticide use and contamination’ project
Dear IFOAM EU members, Today we’re launching a call to join our first ‘Developing Organic’ project on Pesticide use and contamination:…
![The Future of Organic Farming & the Common Agricultural Policy post-2020](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/Preview-420x540.png)
25/10/2019
Events
The Future of Organic Farming & the Common Agricultural Policy post-2020
Join our high level political event with representatives of the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture, the Finnish Environmental Ministry as well…
![Strong IFOAM EU representation at the European action days for Good food Good farming](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/Review-420x540.png)
23/10/2019
CAP
Strong IFOAM EU representation at the European action days for Good food Good farming
22 October 2019 Strasbourg, France On October 22, IFOAM EU demanded good food and good farming at the European days…
![Ten take-aways following the European Organic Congress 2019](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/EOC-2-420x540.png)
26/09/2019
Events
Ten take-aways following the European Organic Congress 2019
Innovation and technology – How organic improves, inspires & delivers Representatives of the Commission, conventional agriculture, civil society and organic…
Policy brief on the organic approach to inputs - Plant protection products, fertilisers, veterinary drugs and feed additives explained
A new policy brief offers a clearer picture on the principles and regulations governing the use of different inputs in…
![PRESS RELEASE: The organic movement calls for a more ambitious CAP reform](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/PR-420x540.png)
02/04/2019
CAP
PRESS RELEASE: The organic movement calls for a more ambitious CAP reform
BRUSSELS, 2 APRIL 2019 – The organic movement regrets the limited ambition of the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee on the…
![IFOAM EU welcomes the agreement on a new Fertiliser Regulation](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/OrganicInputs-2-420x540.png)
22/01/2019
Plant health care
IFOAM EU welcomes the agreement on a new Fertiliser Regulation
IFOAM EU welcomes the agreement on a new Fertilising Product Regulation (FPR), reached after almost two years of negotiations. Around…
From Italy to Japan - Findings on behavioural manipulation as an alternative to the use of paraffin oil in greenhouse whitefly control presented in Japan
The RELACS project just published its third news story, focusing on the experience of Valeria Fattoruso, researcher at RELACS’ partner…
![Post-Conference highlights from COP24](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2019/01/COP24_1-1-420x540.jpg)
Post-Conference highlights from COP24
The 24th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held in Katowice,…