ROA rising: Natures’s Path family farm largest to gain Regenerative Organic Certification
Nature’s Path Founder Arran Stephens this week said he was proud to announce that his family’s Legend Organic Farm is the largest organic farm in the world to obtain Regenerative…
Cheers to that: Quality and health factors behind organic wine’s success story
Hall 7 at this week’s Biofach trade show on Nuremberg, will showcase some of the very best examples of the organic wine-maker’s craft.
Post-Brexit farming policy risks being ‘missed opportunity’, SFT warns
The UK Government’s new Agriculture Bill will be a “missed opportunity” if it fails to a incentivise farmers to switch to sustainable farming practices.
Alternative Oxford farming conference is where the ‘Real’ action is now
Michael Wale reports here on some of the most hotly contested topics at this year’s ‘alternative’ Oxford Real Farming Conference
ORC at 40: Challenging times for organic, but we can be ‘driving force’
As it begins its 40th year, the Organic Research Centre (ORC) – the UK’s leading independent organic research body – has move to new premises.
All farming is a ‘radical simplification’ of nature, Monbiot tells SFT boss
All types of farming, including ‘regenerative’ systems like organic, are a “radical simplification" of nature, says the environmentalist and Guardian columnist.
IFOAM EU in joint call for improved regulation of natural plant protection technologies
Europe’s lead organic body IFOAM EU and the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) are making a joint call for better regulation of natural origin plant protection technologies.
Swedish Government restates target for 30% of farmland to be organic by 2030
The Swedish Government has restated its ambitious targets for organic food and farming, as part of the latest action plan for Sweden’s national food strategy.
Will 2020 be the breakthrough year for ‘veganic’ agriculture?
Until now relatively few vegans have probably given serious thought to the suggestion that the fruit and vegetables they eat might technically be “un-vegan”. But this could all be about…
NPG Talks: Remaking the case for organic in a climate crisis
In a talk prepared for the recent Nordic Organic Food Fair, NPG editor Jim Manson, explains why he thinks why we need to remake the case for organic in a…