Third IFOAM symposium before BioFach
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About 60 IFOAM members travelled from all over the world to attend the symposium that was held on the afternoon preceding the opening of BioFach (16.02.2010). They gathered there to get the latest information from reports on the organic market and trends in the different continents. Contributions by speakers from the USA, England, Sweden and Malaysia drew attention to both the difficulties and the opportunities in the development of organics worldwide. To get the event underway, Katherine DiMatteo, the President of IFOAM, addressed the guests with words of welcome. (Picture: Katherine DiMatteo speaking at the opening of the symposium)News in brief - free
Eco Veggie Awards 2010
Spain: Organic production in Catalonia
Milan: Fa' la cosa giusta!
UK: Green motorway station in the Cotswolds
USA: Natural Products Expo West turns 30
First major organic seminar in Serbia
Soil Association launches new web directory
California: Green theater troupe plants schoolyard orchards
UK: Top speaker line-up at Natural & Organic Products Europe
NaTrue - Certificate of conformity for raw materials
Organic Monitor: Sustainable Summits in New York and Amsterdam
GOMA project's new website
Organics in Australia
Fairtrade Foundation launched world’s first Fairtrade ad break
Second Australian Organic Market Report
UK: Organic Trade Board launches new consumer website
SEED Award presented to KAITE
EC forces through GM industrial potato
H&M introduces skincare with organic ingredients
Organic area up by 21% in the EU between 2005 and 2008
Ethical Fashion during London Fashion Week
Bio Bank Report 2010
Organics Brazil at BioFach
New Ismea data on the organic sector in Italy
Soil Association: Market report launch in April
USA: Corporate baking giant Sara Lee hijacks organics
IFOAM EU Group launches Organic Aquaculture Dossier
Certification Body IBD becomes member of Quavera-Alliance
UK: Free Easter egg hunts on organic farms
Canada: Loblaw supports sustainable fishing
Italy: Organics at Ikea
Italy: Crazy Pack – competition for packaging
Australian organic and biodynamic wine
Fairtrade: Sales reach 800 million £ in the UK
35 million hectares of organic agricultural land world-wide
Italy: Tutto Bio 2010
New Organic Exchange Report
Organics: foods produced without antibiotics
UK: Duchy Originals hit by recession
Private sector declaration on global challenges
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