Bioland and Demeter: No free pass for the genetic engineering industry
On 16 March, the EU Environment Council meets in Brussels. On the agenda is also the issue of new genetic engineering in agriculture and its effects on ecosystems. The organic farming associations

France: professionals and consumers mobilized for organic farming
French professionals of the organic sector have decided to take action. Together with consumers, they have formed a collective to defend the organic sector and created a movement: #STOPMEPRISBIO.

Dr. Lara Ramaekers to lead Biobest team
Lara joins Biobest from UPL - the Mumbai-based global provider of sustainable agricultural technologies and services - where she was the Global Biocontrol Portfolio Leader. Prior to that, she

Great Wrap develops potato-based compostable alternative to plastic wrap and cling film
Plastic wrap, or cling film, is a super-useful plastic that can't be recycled and ends up in landfill. Now, Great Lab, an Australian materials science company, says they've developed a great

Research: New approach needed to combat insect resistance to biopesticides
Insect pests that attack crops have the ability to develop resistance to more environmentally friendly pesticides and a new approach to managing resistance risks is needed, according to an

New approach needed to combat insect resistance to biopesticides
Insect pests that attack crops have the ability to develop resistance to more environmentally friendly pesticides and a new approach to managing resistance risks is needed, according to an

The Vellsam Team celebrates its one year anniversary
Vellsam Materias Bioactivas is celebrating this week with the first birthday of its cycling team, Vellsam Team, launched in March 2022 by the multinational company chaired by María Zamora and

Ecovalia and Agrobio will develop a joint campaign to promote organic products.
Ecovalia, the Spanish professional association of organic production, and Agrobio, Associação Portuguesa de Agricultura Biológica, are finalising the launch of a campaign to promote organic

"Candine Bio is going to be the first organic apple marketed in Morocco"
ASF Edition, the French innovation subsidiary of the Frutaria group, and O'Terroir joined this select club in the last edition of Fruitlogistica, Berlin 2023. O´Terroir thus becomes a producer