UNE inputs: maximum guarantee certification
La producción ecológica está experimentando un crecimiento, año tras año, situándose la superficie mundial en casi 75 millones de hectáreas. En los últimos cinco años, en España se incrementó un…
COP27: Finally, the food system might change for the better
For the first time, United Nations Climate Change Conference delegates and attendees discussed the food system's effects on the climate, particularly its role in greenhouse gas emissions. New Hope Network…
Vertically-Grown Indoor Wheat Breakthrough Holds Potential To Localize The Global Food System
A German vertical farming startup has grown wheat without soil in an indoor vertical farming operation—and it’s potentially more efficient than open-field growing. Vertical farming is no longer just for…
Chemical Residues in Organics: Dealing with residue handling
The new Organic Regulation (EU) 2018/848 came into force on 1 January 2022. It introduces new specifications and mechanisms to handle possible non compliances, with a focus on residues of…
IFOAM – Organics International: 50 years of the organic movement
IFOAM – Organics International nace en 1972 en Versalles (Francia). Pioneros de la agricultura ecológica se reunieron y pusieron sobre la mesa la necesidad de coordinar los movimientos de agricultura…
Preserving the ecological ideal, essential for organic companies
El canal especialista ecológico vive desde hace varios años un proceso de pérdida de cuota de mercado en beneficio del canal convencional, que ha apostado definitivamente por los surtidos ecológicos…
Dr Helga Willer “Our data is essential for policymakers”
Helga Willer works at the Organic Agriculture Research Institute – FiBL, in the Department of Extension, Training & Communication. She is the Leader of the Group Project communication. She has…
‘Follow New York’s example’, group urges C40 mayors
Ahead of the C40 World Mayors Summit, which ran 19-21 October in Buenos Aires, a coalition of 200 businesses called for ‘accelerated action’ on plant-based food solutions to the climate…
Organic agriculture benefits the planet, farmers and communities – webinar
Many consumers understand that growing foods without synthetic pesticides is better for the health of our planet, though the communities and people that benefit are often left out of the…
Israel’s Grace Breeding Reveals a Breakthrough In Tackling Global Fertilizer Emissions
Israel-based Grace Breeding says it can improve grain yields by 18 percent and biomass by 16 percent, reducing the need for synthetic fertilizer and the environmental impact of conventional farming…
Nov 25, 2022