A natural nitrogen-fixing technology developed by UK based Azotic Technologies is set to be launched commercially in North America this autumn.
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AgricultureNatural nitrogen-fixing tech set for North America launch
A natural nitrogen-fixing technology developed by UK based Azotic Technologies is set to be launched commercially in North America this autumn.
AgricultureIndia’s 15-year organic experiment pays triple dividend
India’s growing commitment to organic – in particular, its 15-year organic-only experiment in the tiny state of Sikkim – is paying multiple benefits, says the Indian government.
AgricultureMadrid to host major new international organic trade fair
Leading international event organiser Diversified Communications has today announced the launch of Organic Food Iberia. This new trade show for Spain’s increasingly important organic industry, will open at the IFEMA exhibition centre in Madrid in 2019.
AgricultureGove praised for making ‘critical link’ between food systems and healthy diets
The UK environment secretary, Michael Gove, won praise this week from the chief executive of the Sustainable Food Trust (SFT), Patrick Holden, for being “the first minister to accept the critical link between sustainable food systems and healthy diets”.
AgricultureEU bans all outdoors use of neonicotinoids in ‘historic’ vote
European Union member states have voted in favour of an almost complete ban of the use of of neonicotinoid insecticides across the EU.
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India’s 15-year organic experiment pays triple dividend
India’s growing commitment to organic – in particular, its 15-year organic-only experiment in the tiny state of Sikkim – is paying multiple benefits, says the Indian government.
Madrid to host major new international organic trade fair
Leading international event organiser Diversified Communications has today announced the launch of Organic Food Iberia. This new trade show for Spain’s increasingly important organic industry, will open at the IFEMA exhibition centre in Madrid in 2019.
Seed growing coop leader awarded OFRF research grant
A Virginia-based organic farmer is has been awarded a research grant by the (US) Organic Farming Research Foundation.
Gove praised for making ‘critical link’ between food systems and healthy diets
The UK environment secretary, Michael Gove, won praise this week from the chief executive of the Sustainable Food Trust (SFT), Patrick Holden, for being “the first minister to accept the critical link between sustainable food systems and healthy diets”.
EU bans all outdoors use of neonicotinoids in ‘historic’ vote
European Union member states have voted in favour of an almost complete ban of the use of of neonicotinoid insecticides across the EU.
Annie’s limited edition line flags benefits of regenerative agriculture
US pioneer organic food brand Annie’s is partnering with innovative farmers in Montana to produce a limited-edition line made with certified organic ingredients grown using regenerative farming practices.
Silent takeover: How the corporate world shrinks organic aspirations
Why do so many organic pioneers sell to giant multinationals? Ronald van Marlen has an idea. “Could it be because they’re exhausted by the sheer power of the food system? They’re just exhausted by it all?”
Internet of things: Coming to a field near you
Organic farmers are being encouraged to embrace ‘internet of things’ (IOT) technologies and lead from the front in a major European scheme that aims to increase on-farm sustainability and competitiveness.
Global organic market grows to almost USD 90bn
Data released today at Biofach (Nuremberg, Germany) reveals that organic food and farming is booming around with world, with more farmers, more organic land and global retail sales worth almost 90 billion US dollars.
Double digit-growth takes Europe’s organic sales to €33.5bn
The organic market in Europe recorded double-digit growth (11.4%) in 2016 to be worth €33.5 million, according to new data released yesterday at the Biofach event in Nuremberg.
Arjuna announces origin-cultivated Amaranth supply
Leading India-based botanical extracts manufacturer Arjuna Natural has announced that it has secured a sustainable, nitrate-enriched, all-natural Amaranthus extract supply for boosting nitric oxide levels.
Thailand’s northeastern provinces sign up to organic cooperation plan
Thailand has signalled its ambitions to significantly expand its organic food production.
Organic industry welcomes UK Government’s ‘Green Brexit’ pledge
Organic groups have welcomed the UK Government’s pledge of a ‘Green Brexit’ in a major speech yesterday by the Environment Secretary Michael Gove. In his keynote speech at this year’s Oxford Farming Conference, Gove said that the protection of ‘natural capital’ would be at the heart of future food and farming policy, and that Government […]
Green Brexit: Conserving ‘natural capital’ will be at the heart of UK farming policy, Minister pledges
Britain’s Environment Secretary Michael Gove says the UK Government is preparing for a Green Brexit that will place protection of ‘natural capital’ at the heart of future food and farming policy.
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Watch: Natural & Organic Products Europe in pictures
The ‘official’ photos are all in from last weekend’s action-packed and effortlessly upbeat Natural & Organic Products Europe in London. We’ve edited the cream of the crop into a snappy 60-second video. If you couldn’t get along to the show, here’s what you missed!
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Interview: Natural beauty sector needs to tune into what the customer wants
Understanding what the consumer wants, and delivering on that, should be the natural beauty sector’s single biggest priority. That’s the very clear view of Holland & Barrett’s head of beauty, Lucy Pottinger, who talked exclusively with Natural Products Global in a special video interview recently.
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Interview: ‘Natural – it’s the biggest beauty trend out there
Natural and organic beauty brands need to be every bit as good as their top-selling non-natural counterparts says Mark Steele, men’s toiletries and haircare buyer at UK supermarket chain Waitrose.
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Interview: Let’s keep natural and organic beauty messaging positive
Could the future of natural beauty be genderless? That was one of the questions raised by two participants from last month’s Natural Beauty Roundtable discussion, hosted by Natural Beauty News at NPG’s Brighton (UK) offices.
Interviews
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Interview: Sir Tim Smit on expanding the Eden Project into China, and his hopes for organic
Sir Tim Smit founder of the UK’s Eden Project, one of the world’s best known ecological tourist attraction, has been invited to expand the Eden Project brand into China, wines Michael Wale.
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Interview: “It’s all about the research”
Horphag Research, the company that has been manufacturing the French maritime pine bark extract Pycnogenol for 40 years, has been defined over that time by a commitment to continuous scientific research.
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A ‘natural grower’ making the desert work for him
NPG reporter Michael Wale travelled deep into the desert of the United Arab Emirates to meet with an extraordinary ‘natural grower’
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The disruptor
A prominent natural food retailer told us recently that CLF Distribution had “transformed” his business – and the wider health food trade. For CLF’s founder, Robin Holiday, that was always the plan. Robin Holiday and his UK company CLF Distribution have come a long way since 1998, the year he first set up in business. In […]
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As Europe braces itself for winter flu outbreak, protect yourself with Sambucol® and the power of black elderberry
Experts across Europe have warned the EU to brace itself for a bad flu season this winter. A new vaccine has been produced which is effective in fighting H3N2, the flu strain likely to hit the region this year; however, the vaccine is generally available for free to over 65s, pregnant women, those with an […]
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Biofach 2018
In addition to current trends, BIOFACH, the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food, will be offering an insight into “the next generation of the organic industry” when it takes place again from 14 to 17 February 2018. Even more exhibitors than in 2017 will be present to help showcase the diversity of the global […]
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Mineral-rich New Zealand volcanic mud delivers instant illumination for your skin
It may seem counter-intuitive to apply mud to your skin in order to cleanse it, but the skin-enhancing benefits of mineral-rich mud have been harnessed for beauty treatments all over the world for centuries. Antipodes® uses white volcanic mud sourced from central New Zealand’s dramatic central plateau in its new Halo Skin-Brightening Facial Mud Mask […]
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