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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…
![Research call ‘Fostering agroecology at farm & landscape levels’ open](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2023/09/TP-Organics_small-420x540.jpg)
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”.…
![Proposal integrated Plant Reproductive Material Regulation improves after Parliament’s inputs](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/OrganicSeeds-420x540.png)
Proposal integrated Plant Reproductive Material Regulation improves after Parliament’s inputs
The EU is revising legislation on plant reproductive material, such as seeds, cuttings, trees, roots, tubers, and clones. Currently, rules…
![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…
![Insights in international trade for EU and third country operators](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2023/12/EU-organic-regulations-420x540.png)
14/03/2024
Organic regulations
Insights in international trade for EU and third country operators
On Monday 11 March, the European Organic Certifiers Council (EOCC) and IFOAM Organics Europe united experts providing insights into two…
![Parliament’s vote on Green Claims Directive: IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes efforts to curb greenwashing and the acknowledgement of specific environmental assessment needs for agri-food](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/11/pressrelease-1-420x540.png)
Parliament’s vote on Green Claims Directive: IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes efforts to curb greenwashing and the acknowledgement of specific environmental assessment needs for agri-food
BRUSSELS, 12 MARCH 2024 – IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes today’s plenary vote on the directive on green claims. This directive…
![Free and online best practices for organic farmers & trainers and multipliers](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2020/06/OrganicFarmKnowledge-420x540.png)
09/03/2024
Knowledge for organic
Free and online best practices for organic farmers & trainers and multipliers
Organic farmers and those who want to transform their farm and farming system to more sustainable practices have more and…
![The EU-FarmBook platform is ready to store and share your project’s practice-oriented materials](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2024/03/EU-FarmBook-420x540.jpg)
01/03/2024
Knowledge for organic
The EU-FarmBook platform is ready to store and share your project’s practice-oriented materials
Too much of the knowledge coming from research and innovation projects does not reach the practitioners who could ultimately use…
![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…
![Organic farming’s integrated pest management practices – IPMWORKS factsheet](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2023/05/IPMWorsk-420x540.jpg)
18/02/2024
Knowledge for organic
Organic farming’s integrated pest management practices – IPMWORKS factsheet
Are you an organic farmer or advisor in any of these countries or production systems? Are you or do you…
![Green claims: organic movement applauds renewed recognition of PEF's shortcomings for agrifood](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/11/pressrelease-1-420x540.png)
Green claims: organic movement applauds renewed recognition of PEF's shortcomings for agrifood
BRUSSELS, 14 FEBRUARY 2024 – IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes today’s vote on green claims as it underscores the limitations of…
![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…
![Statement of support for Spanish organic producers in their denunciation of a French politician's statement seeking to pit organic farmers from different countries against one another](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2021/04/NEW-WEBSITE-THUMBNAILS-420x540.jpg)
02/02/2024
Organic regulations
Statement of support for Spanish organic producers in their denunciation of a French politician's statement seeking to pit organic farmers from different countries against one another
IFOAM Organics Europe fully supports Spanish organic producers in their denounciation of a French politician’s statement seeking to pit organic…
![February 2024 Newsletter - Multilingual Edition](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2023/02/Special-newsletter-420x540.png)
February 2024 Newsletter - Multilingual Edition
Read this Special Newsletter in BG, CZ, DA , DE, ES, EN, FR, HU, IT, LT, NL, PL, PT, RO, UA Dear reader,Welcome to 2024! As we usher in the new year and an EU…
![Organic farmers call for fair prices and recognition of public goods delivery](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/11/pressrelease-1-420x540.png)
Organic farmers call for fair prices and recognition of public goods delivery
BRUSSELS, 1 FEBRUARY 2024 – As thousands of organic farmers have joined protests across Europe, the organic food and farming…
![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…
![IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/11/pressrelease-1-420x540.png)
IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture
BRUSSELS, 25 JANUARY 2024 – On the occasion of the launch of the strategic dialogue on the future of agriculture,…
![Green Claims: Organics Europe highlights Product Environmental Footprint method's shortcomings for agri-food](https://www.organicseurope.bio/content/uploads/2022/11/pressrelease-1-420x540.png)
Green Claims: Organics Europe highlights Product Environmental Footprint method's shortcomings for agri-food
BRUSSELS, 23 JANUARY 2024 – As compromise amendment negotiations on the Green Claims Directive proposal are taking place within the…