Organic, a strategic market but consumption marking time
There are no longer any happy islands. The climate crisis with its extreme events has also hit Emilia-Romagna with a flood that feels like an earthquake: from the beautiful hillsides that have

Cogeca: EU agricultural cooperatives play a central role in securing the energy transition
Cogeca held the first of its 2023 Business Forums on the topic of "What role do cooperatives play in achieving an affordable, secure and sustainable energy supply". According to Cogeca, the

Abruzzo, fruit and vegetable district: 34 million available
The district programme 'The Abruzzo fruit and vegetable basket of excellence' will focus on the valorisation of quality products through innovative systems such as blockchain. The programme will

Smaller Chinese apple crop
The world production of fresh apples 2022/23 is projected to fall by 4.3 million tons, mainly due to losses in China of 78.4 million tons. According to the latest USDA report, exports are

Agriculture sector breaks records in a year marked by inflation
Cajamar has presented the 2022 Report of the 'Observatory on the Spanish agri-food sector in the European context', prepared by Joaquín Maudos and Jimena Salamanca, specialists of the Valencian

BASF "sweetens" the French cucumber market
Nunhems, BASF's vegetable seed brand, has just revolutionised the French cucumber market. Not only are they pioneers in introducing sweet-tasting varieties in this segment, but they are also

Jan Plagge confirmed in office as President of IFOAM Organics Europe
Bioland President Jan Plagge is at the helm of IFOAM Organics Europe for another three years. At the constituent meeting of the Board after the IFOAM General Assembly on 21 June, he was again

Tesco reveals new buying strategy at Festival of Fresh
Tesco’s produce category director Tom Mackintosh drew the biggest crowd of Festival of Fresh, as 300 people from across the UK fruit and vegetable trade converged on Alconbury Weald for a day of

European organic movement united against GMOs
As the European organic movement reaffirmed its opposition to GMOs, including to New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), IFOAM Organics Europe’s president Jan Plagge warned against allowing patents on