Sector | Organic
Austria:
Multi-tiered organic gourmet mushroom cultivation in cleanroom facilities
Organic agriculture is struggling in Vietnam
Younger consumers turning more to fresh organic herbs
1,100+ visitors at Dutch company's open day
More organic blueberries expected from New Jersey for 2024
Ukrainian farmer shares secrets of growing organic strawberries
Restoration of organic fruit and berry cultivation in Kyrgyzstan's regions
The fifth edition of Organic Food & Eco Living Iberia will feature 300 high-profile international buyers
Louis and Steven Lauwers, Vegobel:
"Harvest herbs, plugs, as a new local and organic herb concept"
“Israel’s locally grown organic bananas are selling for double the price of regular ones”
"This is the best time of the year to buy organic Ivorian coconuts"
Opportunities for organic agriculture in Uganda
Small gap on imported organic Heirloom tomatoes until mid-April
FreshPlaza Global Focus on Organics
Jordi Querol, CEO and founder of Dreiskel Biodinámica, a pioneering company in biodynamic agriculture:
"Finding an aisle with only biodynamic foods in Germany is as common as finding one with organic products here"
Conserve Dama - Italy
"True to our tradition, we only use products that are in season and that we produce ourselves"
Hanoi's organic agriculture is still facing challenges
US organic imports triple, exports are increasing
Switzerland:
Organic share of bananas continues to exceed 30 percent
“We’ve hit just the right window for organic bell peppers to the US market”
BioMasters connects organic growers with the market
Eleven more members for BioMasters
Thomas Cera, from Bionest: "Protectionist policies in France are a drag on the consumption of organic products"
"Unlike what is happening with conventional raspberries, we are keeping the organic acreage stable"
Minimal increase of mushroom yield in 2023
Organic products account for 13 percent of the total volume
Carrefour supports Fairtrade's sustainable banana development project
“A unique project to address the challenges of the sustainable banana sector”
FAO awards $650,000 to enhance organic vegetable farming in Tanzania
Mexican organic orchards offer better psyllid control
Grower introduces new peel-reseal pint for organic snacking tomatoes
David Hermans (Hermans Fruit Company) and Gunther De Vadder (BelOrta):
"We decided to work with organic strawberries because these were missing from the shelves"
Felix Schmidling from Franken-Gemüse Bio:
"Since 2019, our organic production volume has more than doubled"
First keynote presentation and educational panel for 2024 OPS announced
Almaverde hits its sales target for the organic product segment
Ginger continues to attract interest in Italy
Patrick Pohlmann on this year's organic open-field harvest:
"We had to end the season for celeriac and pumpkin four weeks earlier"
Natura Iblea: 'We're almost the only ones left producing them"
Organic and biodynamic early carrots at risk of production gap in April
The campaign has ended in Puglia
Clementines show prices below production costs
French Minister of Agriculture announces 90 million € for the organic sector
Growers also eye export market for organic bananas
Taita Taveta county banana farmers want to export to Denmark
New "Inverted Natural Branding" of organic fruit and vegetables
Astrid Rog and Geoffrey Harreman, BIO-Center Zann:
"Our organic fruit and vegetable range goes all over Europe"
"Due to overwhelming demand, organic pears from Chile and Argentina are back in the spotlight"
Dole Organic Fair Trade Certified Pineapples selected as a Good Housekeeping's 2024 Sustainable Innovation Awards Winner
'Good prospects for U.S. organic product exports to the EU remain'
Turkey's organic product exports surpass expectations
New Zealand's organic kiwifruit sector sees growth and potential
Belgian company sees organic as a step toward the future
"We want to be a pioneer in the organic segment"
Ecovalia takes legal actions following the accusations of Ségolène Royal
French politician calls Spanish organic products “fake”
Nicolai Timaeus from the Marketing Company Organic Farmers Ltd:
"We could have probably used an additional 2,000 to 3,000 tons of organic potatoes."
Pohlmann Vegetable Farming relies on a water circulation system for its organic chives:
"We now only need 5 to 10 percent of the water we previously needed"
Juan Salamanca Ocaña, from Biovalle: "We don't buy oranges from Egypt or Morocco, because we're not interested in growth for growth's sake"
"If we had had more organic oranges, we would have sold them, because the demand has remained the same"
The French organic sector comes to the defense of Spain's organic production
UK tomato growers and the Border Target Operating Model
“This isn’t the solution the industry wants”
Grocery retail buyer registration opens for Organic Produce Summit 2024
Pieter Declercq, organics product manager, REO Veiling:
"Organic vegetables' better-matched supply improves market prices"
Ecovalia takes legal action against the former minister for this intolerable attack on Spain's organic sector:
Former French minister Ségolène Royal declares that Spanish organic products "are a scam"
Dane Dokman, Toff: