Interview: “In this ‘corona spring’ we have evolved our business and made it more effective”
Johanna Koskinen, marketing manager at Finnish organic retailer Ruohonjuuri, talks about how the business has been adapting in the COVID-19 crisis.
Meat consumption falls during pandemic
One in five Britons have reduced their meat consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey by The Vegan Society has found.
Online grocery sales set for ‘phenomenal’ 33% hike in 2020
Online grocery sales in the UK are set to rise by 33% in 2020 as the COVID-19 crisis produces dramatic – and possibly lasting – changes in shopping habits.
Delay new Organic Regulation while industry deals with COVID-19, IFOAM EU urges Commission
IFOAM EU is calling on the European Commission, Council and Parliament to consider delaying the new EU Organic Regulation for a year.
Hitting 30: Celebrations as Vegan Trademark reaches milestone
The Vegan Society – the group who originally coined the term ‘vegan’ – has begun celebrating 30 years of its internationally recognised labelling scheme, the Vegan Trademark.
Organic Food Iberia & Eco Living Iberia postponed until 2021
Diversified Communications and IFEMA, the joint organisers of Organic Food Iberia and Eco Living Iberia, have today confirmed that this year’s event has sadly been cancelled due to the ongoing…
Spanish activist plant-based startup Heura set for Chile launch
Barcelona plant-based startup Heura will begin a planned expansion into the Latin American market when it launches in Chile in June.
Switch to home delivery helps Spanish organic businesses thrive in Covid crisis
Local and organic food sales have tripled in parts of Spain during the Covid-19 crisis, reports the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia.
We need your shelf space! – Sweden’s specialist food firms’ plea to supermarkets
Over 50 specialist Swedish food firms – many of them organic – have written to the bosses of the country’s biggest supermarket chains urging them to free up self space…
‘100% beef free’ claim for plant-based Whopper was misleading, ASA rules
Claims made by Burger King on social media that its new plant-based Rebel Whopper product is “100% beef free” where misleading, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority ruled this week.