What we learnt in lockdown: Article collection documents how Bristol’s local food scene responded to Covid
The Community Farm, a cornerstone of the UK city Bristol’s local food and farming scene, has curated Lessons From Lockdown, a collection of 15 articles that describe how the 2020…
Test for gene-edited GM crop is milestone for consumer protection, NGOs declare
The first open source detection test for a gene-edited crop represents a “milestone” for EU consumer and business protection, says a consortium of NGOs, led by Greenpeace EU
Elevating organic: Report positions organic as ‘time-tested’ tool for stemming climate impacts
A major new report from the Organic Trade Association highlights organic agriculture’s multiple climate change mitigation benefits and ways it can be harnessed to stem, and even reverse, climate impacts.
OTA welcomes “historic rulemaking” that will protect against organic fraud
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) today publishes a proposed new rule to strengthen protection against fraud in the organic supply chain.
Radical intervention: UK organic sector welcomes report’s tough stance on trade deals
Organic and sustainable farming groups have welcomed a new independent review of UK food policy that calls for "a gold standard level of scrutiny" to ensure post-Brexit trade deals do…
Webinar report: Sustainability, regulation and co-existence top the agenda
Panellists at our recent webinar Sense, Science and Sustainability tackled the question of genetic engineering in food and farming through a sustainability lens– leading to some surprising admissions. Co-hosted with…
“Sustainability is not good enough…we need to move on”, CIWF global CEO urges
The limits and usefulness of the term sustainability were called into question by key figures within the worlds of animal welfare and organic farming this week.
Sustainable farming? GMOs? Agroecology? Be a part of the discussion
Our upcoming webinar Sense, Science and Sustainability is asking a hot topic question: Can genome editing and agroecology co-exist in the sustainable food and farming mix?
Power of the plate: How America’s food system has led to an epidemic of chronic disease – and what to do about it
A new white paper released by Rodale Institute and The Plantrician Project reveals how the American food system has contributed to epidemic levels of chronic disease and lowered immune systems – and how…
Organic is part of the solution, Congress speakers all agree
High-level speakers from the European Commission, European Parliament and the German Presidency of the EU Council delivered a unified message at the European Organic Congress 2020: Our system is experiencing…