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IFOAM EU News Archive 2010
IFOAM EU Group hands over a
letter to the European Commission on 100% organic feed for monogastrics
Brussels,
19/11/2010 - On the occasion of the IFOAM EU Group board meeting
on November 18th and 19th, the IFOAM EU Group President, Christopher
Stopes handed over a letter to the head of the
organic unit of the EU Commission on 100% organic feed for monogastric
animals.
Future CAP must invest in sustainable food systems
Communication for the CAP towards 2020 needs
ambitious follow-up
Brussels,
18/11/2010 – “The European
Commission Communication The CAP
towards 2020 recognises the
special quality organic farm products offer to consumers, and stresses
the need to further strengthen the organic quality scheme as a policy
tool,” said Christopher Stopes, President of IFOAM EU Group, upon the
launch of the Communication today. “If implemented in an ambitious way,
this will be an asset for the future of the CAP".
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Use of some processing aids
and additives in organic food production to be verified
Brussels, 18/11/2010 - IFOAM EU Group
sends a letter on
organic processing - annexes VIII and IX to Mr.
Jean-François Hulot, Head of Organic Farming Unit, DG AGRI, European
Commission.
Call for EU criteria for organic cosmetics
Brussels, 17/11/2010 -IFOAM EU Group
sends a letter on
European standards for natural and organic cosmetics to Mrs. Sabine
Lecrenier, Head of Cosmetics and medical devices unit, DG SANCO,European
Commission.
Two
production input for organic production of fruit, vegatables and wine to
be kept
Brussels,
17/11/2010 -IFOAM EU Group
sends a letter on EFSA
revision of lime sulphur and azadirachtin to Mr W. Reinert,
Chemicals, contaminants, pesticides, DG SANCO, European Commission.
IFOAM EU and IUCN conference "Biodiversity and Organic
Farming" - Brussels, November 18
Brussels, 22/10/2010 - IFOAM EU Group and the
Pan-European office of IUCN kindly invite you to the conference
"Biodiversity and Organic farming – a win-win partnership" in the European Parliament (9-12 am, room ASP 5G2) on November
18. The
conference puts in the focus the benefits, application and further
development of best practices for enhancing biodiversity on farmland in
the EU Biodiversity Strategy post-2010.
Please find the programme
here and register before
10 November.
The Biodiversity Manual "Organic Farming and Biodiversity in Europe:
Examples from the Polar Circle to Mediterranean Regions" was
launched at this event.
Commission needs to ban animal cloning
Brussels, 15/10/2010 -
The IFOAM EU Group, Eurogroup for Animals, Eurocoop and European
Coordination Via Campasina have sent a letter to MEP Kartika Tamara
Liotard calling for a full ban on the placing on the market products
derived both from cloned naimals and thioer offspring and a ban on the
import of semen and embroys of clonned animals.
See the letter
The politics behind the proposals – the ongoing story of
GMOs in Europe
World’s hungry deserve serious solutions;
European citizens demand GM-free food and agriculture
Brussels, 13/10/2010
– Farming, consumer co-operative and environmental groups today called
for the European Union to significantly strengthen its rules on
genetically modified crops in order to introduce more realistic
solutions to world hunger whilst protecting European consumers and
farmers. The call comes as Environment ministers meet tomorrow to
discuss for the first time new proposed legislation on genetically
modified crops.
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Commission needs to address holistic farm solutions
Leaked CAP Communication of the European Commission
delivers useful objectives but fails to provide solutions
Brussels, 08/10/2010 – "The
Commission-leaked draft Communication 'The CAP towards 2020' correctly
identifies the challenges that need to be met with the new
CAP: food security, climate change and other environmental challenges,
as well as territorial balance. It also sets three main objectives for
the future CAP that clearly indicate into the right direction. But it completely fails to reveal ways on how
farming must develop to meet these challenges", criticises
Christopher Stopes, President of the IFOAM EU Group.
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Draft proposal for organic wine withdrawn by the European CommissionBrussels, 16/06/2010 -
The European Commission withdraws its draft proposal for regulating
organic wine making at the EU level. A compromise between the member
states and the Commission could not be achieved. The IFOAM EU Group
regrets the missed chance to finalise the organic wine making rules. The
European Commission may come back to the organic wine making rules in
future.MoreIFOAM EU Group Press Release
The future of food production - urgent challenges need sustainable solutions Green New Deal is urgently needed to shape Food Chains to meet future challenges – organic offers best practice examplesBrussels, 07/06/2010
– The 3rd European Organic Congress in Madrid today discusses the
future of agricultural policies regarding their potential to contribute
to the tackle on urgent challenges such as climate change, loss of
biodiversity and the economic crisis. On this occasion, the IFOAM EU
Group pre-launched the summary of its comprehensive paper Shaping Agriculture and Food Systems to Future Challenges – The Strategic Role of Organic Food and Farming. MoreSummary_StrategicRole of OA - EnglishSumario_PapelEstrategico AE - Spanish
EU institutions to serve organic: Initiative of IFOAM EU, Biofresh and BioForum calls for more organic procurement Brussels, 01/06/2010
- EU institution canteens will offer a daily organic dish along with
organic desserts and fruits during the European Commission’s Green Week
in Brussels and the Belgian Bio Week. The offer is the result of a
targeted cooperation between the IFOAM EU Group, BioForum and Biofresh.More
Organic faming and biodiversity - IFOAM EU at Green Week 2010Brussels, 1/06/2010 - IFOAM EU Group joins the GREEN WEEK exhibition - stand no. 3 at the ground floor of the Charlemagne building, June 1-4.The
IFOAM EU Group invites to its stand all interested to discover about
organic food and farming, its contribution to biodiversity (this year's
topic of Green Week) and the European policies in these areas.More
CAP post-2013: smart change or business as usual? IFOAM EU Group invites to a public seminar in the European Parliament on June 9 to discuss the new CAP Brussels, 27/05/2010
– The IFOAM EU Group calls for a fundamental reform of the Common
Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU. A new set of strategic principles
should guide the reform towards sustainability, fairness and
high-quality food for all throughout all CAP measures.The IFOAM
EU Group is going to discuss these proposals with Members of the
European Parliament and with representatives of other NGOs in a publuc
seminar at the European Parliament on June 9th.More
Green New Deal for sustainability to be negotiated in MadridAgriculture
policies and the role of the food sector in meeting global challenges
will be discussed by EU officials and organic stakeholders at the IFOAM
EU’s Madrid congress “Green New Deal for Sustainable Food Chains”Brussels, 04/05/2010
– The 3rd European Organic Congress in Madrid on 7th June will provide a
platform to discuss the future of agricultural policies regarding their
potential to contribute to facing pressing challenges such as climate
change, loss of biodiversity and the economic crisis. More
4th European Organic Congress: the future for regulating organic food and farming in EuropeCongress program announced – register now to secure participation! Brussels, 29/04/2010 – The program
for the 4th European Organic Congress, which will take place in Rome on
June 21 and 22, is now available online. The content-packed program
features a number of high-level speakers from the EU institutions,
representatives of national ministries as well as a broad representation
of the European organic sector, who come together to evaluate the first
year and a half of the new Organic Regulation and discuss new elements
and future development of the regulation.
More
Cioloş’ Cabinet member to discuss agriculture policies with the organic sectorThe
congress “Green New Deal for Sustainable Food Chains” provides a
platform for discussions between organic sector and high-level policy
makersBrussels, 28/04/2010 –
The opening panel of the 3rd European Organic Congress to take place in
Madrid on 7th of June will provide an opportunity to discuss the future
of agricultural policies regarding their potential to contribute to the
tackle on urgent challenges such as climate change, loss of
biodiversity and the economic crisis. More
IFOAM EU Group launches study on the economics of GMO-free seedBrussels, 26/04/2010 - The IFOAM EU Group launched today in the European Parliament a study on the "Economic
impacts of labelling thresholds for the adventitious presence of
genetically engineered organisms in conventional and organic seed". "GMO-free seed is crucial to enable the food chain to maintain the production of GMO-free food and feed", explains Christoph Then, author of the study.Read MoreGMO-free Seed Study
4th European Organic Congress, Rome: the future of regulating organic food and farming in Europe
Brussels, 23/04/2010
– Registration is now open for the 4th European Organic Congress in
Rome (June 21-22, 2010) - an initiative undertaken by the IFOAM EU Group
in conjunction with IAMB in the frame of the InterBio project.
More
European Food Sector Relies on GMO-free Seed
IFOAM EU Group launches study on economics of GMO-free seed on 26 April in the European Parliament Brussels, 22/04/2010 –
The freedom of choice to grow and produce GMO-free food and feed starts
with seed. To contribute to the discussion on the quality of seed and
to highlight the economic consequences different labelling thresholds
for seed would have, the IFOAM EU Group invites you to the launch of the
study “Economic impacts of labelling thresholds for the adventitious
presence of genetically engineered organisms in conventional and organic
seed” on 26 April 2010 at 14 h in Room PHS 7 C 050 of the European Parliament. More
Brussels, 20/04/2010 - Organic
agriculture bears a high potential for climate change mitigation and
adaptation. Future food supply in times of climate change and increasing
energy prices will depend on efficient resource use. Sustainable food
security requires changes in food consumption patterns. These were the
main conclusions of the lively debate between panel and auditorium on
the Organic Day in the European Commission’s Directorate General for the
Environment on 20 April 2010.More
Finally the EU Organic logo is here but resources are needed to raise consumer awareness
Brussels, 31/03/2010 -
The IFOAM EU Group acknowledges the new organic production logo of the
EU – the stylised leaf made of EU stars on a green background
introduced by the Commission Regulation (EU) No 271/2010 published today
in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Press release
More information about the new organic logo
Malta declaration: IFOAM EU Group calls for a moratorium on the cultivation of GMO
Representatives
of the organic food sector from 27 member states call on the European
Commission to ensure the maintenance of GMO free farming
Malta, 22/03/2010
– The IFOAM EU Group held its board meeting on 18 and 19 March in
Malta, the home country of the European Commissioner for Health and
Consumer affairs, John Dalli, who is in charge of ruling on Genetically
Modified Organisms (GMO) in Europe.
The IFOAM EU Group called on Commissioner Dalli to commit himself to a GMO moratorium.
English or Polish
'European food declaration': towards a healthy, sustainable, fair and mutually supportive Common Agriculture and Food policy
Brussels, 16/03/2010 – March
16 – On the eve of a European Parliament hearing which will debate the
future of Europe’s agriculture policy a broad alliance of European,
national and local civil society organisations concerned with the future
of food and agriculture in Europe, are today launching a ‘European food
declaration’ to mobilise European citizens and authorities to reshape
the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP).See press release in EN and FR
Keep GM potato out of our soup!Brussels, 02/03/2010–
The IFOAM EU Group strongly criticizes today’s decision by the EU
Commission to authorise commercial cultivation of the GM potato Amflora
(owned by BASF) in the European Union. Notwithstanding protests from
civil society, the new Barroso Commission has hereby approved the first
GM plant for cultivation since 1998!More
IFOAM EU Group launched Organic Aquaculture Dossier to facilitate the adoption of the new rules
Nuremberg, 18/02/2010
- The IFOAM EU Group, in cooperation with The Mediterranean Agronomic
Institute of Bari, launched today a Dossier on the EU Organic
Aquaculture Legislation. The publication - "Organic Aquaculture - EU
Regulations (EC) 834/2007, (EC) 889/2008, (EC) 710/2009: BACKGROUND,
ASSESSMENT, INTERPRETATION" – was presented during BioFach in Nuremberg.
More about the organic aquaculture dossier
3rd European Organic Congress – 2 more opportunities to discuss the future of organic in Europe
The
3rd European Organic Congress of IFOAM EU will be split in a policy
part and a regulation part, to take place in Rome and Madrid in May and
June 2010
Brussels, 16/02/2010 – The
IFOAM EU Group invites the organic sector twice to a European Organic
Congress in 2010. The congress will be in two parts to deal with two
issues of urgent importance for the organic sector: the first congress
will discuss the potential of the organic movement to contribute to a
new green deal for a sustainable European economy; the second one will
evaluate the first year of the new Organic Regulation in place and give
space for an outlook on further pieces to be added to the regulation. More
Lisbon treaty – what changes in policies related to agriculture?
Brussels, 15/02/10 - The Treaty of Lisbon is the legal groundwork of the European Union since 1 December 2009, it succeeds the Treaty of Nice (2001). What does this mean for agriculture?
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New Commission to enforce 'new green deal'!
Brussels, 09/02/10 -The new European Commission has been appointed today by the European Parliament and will take office on Wednesday. The IFOAM EU Group congratulates the new Commissioners on their appointment but highlights the tremendous challenges they have to face
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IFOAM EU reaction: Announcement of new EU logo for organic products
Brussels, 08/02/10 - The IFOAM EU Group notes the result of the logo competition announced today by the Commission. The sector is eased that the only option considered by the sector to be realistically operable was announced as the winning logo. However, it lays on the Commission to ensure that the logo meets minimum requirements for graphical communication and that the sector is provided with clear rules in time for the usage of the logo.
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A new organic logo has been selected
Brussels 08/02/2010 - The
European Commission today officially announced the winner of the EU
organic logo competition. Over the past two months, some 130,000 people
have voted online to choose the new organic symbol from three finalists.
The winning design is by Dusan Milenkovic, a student from Germany, who
gained 63% of the overall vote for his “Euro-leaf” logo. More
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