sustainable companies are winners of the crisis spiegel.de
fair trade coffee and eco-cars: A study by the Germans consume environmentally responsible and ethically correct - especially in a crisis. Some organic products are even more popular than before. Young consumers are opposed to the trend, however.
Toyota had the right nose: With Heike Makatsch as the figurehead of the automotive group is promoting the new Prius with hybrid drive. "I will protect what I love," Makatsch says in the commercial. Advertise with celebrities for an ecological future - for many companies is now a useful marketing strategy. At least come to the conclusion on Friday published study "The Future of ethical consumption" of the Otto Group ...
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, Nestlé Group "NaturPur" soups from the market afp
The food company Nestlé's Maggi "NaturPur" has-packet soup taken off the market - what the consumer organization Food Watch as a success for their campaign devalued against the instant product. Food Watch said on Thursday: "The seemingly natural wonders had with "pure nature" not to do much. " On the package had "no additive flavor enhancer" confessed, but still had flavor enhancer ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hBa760ZzNq_4dwugFCOYH7ImK2ag India's successful for the international organic market biofach.de The long-standing good contacts with the International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture, ICCOA , organizer of the IOTF bear fruit: At the same time and together with the fifth India Organic Trade Fair takes place now on 18 to 20 November the premiere of BioFach India 2009. Co-organizer of the exhibition is the duo ICCOA. Actors local market experts from around the world agree: The time has come to offer the high bio-potential of India and a network platform to the Indian market even more international. India's government is supporting the organic sector with funding and support programs to it continues to expand rapidly. The goal for 2012: two million hectares of certified organic acreage and sales of organic products of one billion U.S. dollars.
http://press.nuernbergmesse.de BioFach Japan 2009: A must for experts in the Asia-Pacific market biofach.de From 7 to 9 BioFach Japan in October 2009 inviting the international organic industry for the ninth time in the metropolis Tokyo,. For all who are interested in the organic markets and the products of the Asia-Pacific region, this is a must. Japan, the motherland of tamari, tofu, miso and sushi, offers as many countries in the Asia-Pacific region foodstuffs demand in Europe. The best opportunity to get to know the local market, offering BioFach Japan and the parallel event, the Natural Expo Exhibition Center Tokyo Big Sight. Last year over 14,500 visitors and 240 exhibitors took this opportunity. In addition to a wide range of foodstuffs, the trade fair duo presented in three special areas for wine, cosmetics and textiles best bio in Asia.
www.biofach-japan Biomaterials - and good! derwesten.de
says prejudiced the "bio" he says, for example Endvierzigerinnen in large mesh baggy sweaters, bake delicious spelled nothing to buffer. Or a thriving colony of fruit flies, including waiting with infinite patience the wrinkly vegetable section of the organic market ("injected non-guaranteed!"). But it is also quite different ...
http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/waz/wochenende/2009/9/4/news-131977137/detail.html organic sector in Germany is growing by 10% in 2008 biofach.de
The organic market is growing at a slower pace further. Neither in the past, this year was a decline in the organic food market seen was the conclusion of Markus Rippin (Agromilagro), together with Ulrich Hamm, a professor at the University of Kassel, each year the size of the market for organic food investigated. Despite modest sales growth of organic food trade could claim in 2008 with 22% market share, the food retailing increased by 4% to 57% of the organic market. This is according to the provisional statistics. Sales of organic food industry has increased accordingly from EUR 1.18 billion to 1.26 billion EUR. The retail food trade increased from 2.8 billion to EUR 3.36 billion. The total turnover of the organic industry is given for 2008 of EUR 5.85 billion previously EUR 5.3 billion. Producers Craft and health food stores have both in absolute terms and in market share, reverse engineered. Also for the first half of 2009, Hamm and Rippin see no drop in sales.
Video: Burger go home: In the United States is booming organic health food ZDF
Who saves on food these days is rather thicker than thinner. But in America is emerging, despite the financial crisis, a counter-movement: The organic market is booming, and instead of Burger comes to health ...
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/content/824248 First use permit "GM" logo biofach.de
end of August, at a press conference of Peasant producer group Schwäbisch Hall with Federal Minister Aigner presented the use of the "GM" logo. The farming of producers Schwäbisch Hall was one of the first two companies to which the use of the logo is permitted. Every day, the ministry further inquiries, said in a statement. The BMELV has registered the label "GM" as a word-picture brand and offer it to manufacturers who label their products as "GM" want to charge for use. The award of the logo is the future of the economy by an interested club to be founded. Until then, the BMELV granted the use permit. The BNN recommends to organic products so marked that it is clear that they are always free of genetic engineering, ie with the addition of "GMO-free because trillion"
www.bmelv.de English government distributed 25,000 leaflets on organic production biofach.de
The English Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries (MARM) has shipped over 25,000 copies, according to own data of the manual "Conocer y vive la Agricultura Ecológica" on organic production for consumers in eight national consumer associations. The goal is to make this type of production known among consumers, within the framework of the Plan to promote organic agriculture 2007-2010 ", designed to improve domestic demand.
The manual provides information on the labeling of organic foods, the basics of organic farming, the impact on the conservation of natural resources, improvement of animal breeding and the processing and marketing. The website of the MARM is the manual available for download.
www.alimentacion.es and www.mapa.es France announces strengthening of the organic farming biofach.de
early August in France the law "Loi Grenelle" has been published. The 32-page Rules is from the Earth Summit 'Grenelle de l'Environnement ", which took place two years ago, emerged. The Act defines, inter alia, the national action plan to combat climate change and adopt specific rules designed to contribute to "sustainable development" of the country, Michael Boehm reported from Brittany Organic Association IBB.
addition to the issues of energy, transport, waste, etc., are also listed concrete measures in the field of agriculture. At several points in the text of the law, the principles of organic farming are highlighted. Article 31 also sets out clear goals for the French organic farming: in 2012 to 6% of agricultural Area is to be appointed under ecological conditions, 2020 should be even 20%. As concrete support measure to double the funding ceiling for organic farms was decided.
herbs as biological insecticides? biofach.de
In a new study in the U.S., researchers found that can be made from herbs such as rosemary, thyme, clove and mint environmentally friendly pesticides. As part of a growing interest in organically produced fruit and vegetables in the future could be old spice known species, a new weapon in organic farming against annoying insects.
http://blog.taragana.com German organic seal on 55,000 products biofach.de
3307 companies have come forward to end of July 2009, marking a total of 54 800 products in the Bio-Siegel information. Since the introduction of the national eco-labels on 5 September 2001 indicated a daily average of 19 products that are labeled with the Bio-Siegel. Every day is a new company added in the section as a sign users. In June 2009 the department was expanded to include products of aquaculture. Ensure that the products are recorded in 27 departments.
www.bio-siegel.de EU technology platform developed research agenda biofach.de
The research platform 'TP Organics' has held its annual forum in Brussels in July and presented a first draft in a second, larger publication: The research timetable.
This was an important further step in terms of research to better bio-food production. The positive contribution of organic agriculture to world climate change, conservation of biodiversity, food security and migration from rural areas can be studied with the projects and look better. The first draft of the SRA revealed a number of constructive comments during an initial online survey in May and June. The revised research schedule is presented in a further round of public consultation on the website from mid-September.
www.tporganics.eu Green Earth expanded natural cosmetic series biofach.de With the new, decorative natural cosmetics line Angana, the environmental Green Earth store in Austria, a high-quality, natural skin care with intense shimmering mineral and organic pigments combined. In addition, Green Earth is also in the packaging of a completely new direction, according to a press release of the company. For the high-quality wood packaging from local maple not only look good, but are also refillable. They are produced in Europe and are due to handmade quality real the hand. Decorative natural cosmetic products from Green Earth meet the guidelines for organic natural cosmetics from Ecocert. In Graz and Villach Green Earth recently opened each 40 square meters of natural cosmetics shops.
www.grueneerde.com www.kurier.at cooperate Appy and Korres biofach.de
The premium brands Appy and Korres natural products growing natural personal care segment will develop together. This co-distribution company, the Munich District and the two products Appy GmbH, Frankfurt / Main since August 2009. With this alliance, they support each other to market its premium brands in the German perfume retailers. This strategic move gives both companies a variety of distribution synergies to serve the perfume market, according to the press release of the company.
in 1996 in Athens, founded in 2004 and two from District offers distributed in Germany natural cosmetics brand Korres natural products for face care line, body and hair and sun care products and decorative cosmetics plant origin to. The skin care products are Ecocert certified.
The German-Italian family business Appy develops and produces premium natural beauty products based on organically grown Aloe Vera from Sardinia.
special messages + + + It was recently founded the "health food GmbH, based in Hamburg, as a central platform for the reform of Goods. From January 2010 all food stores can participate in a shopping center with integrated logistics.
+ + + The Norwegian government wants to achieve by the year 2015, an organic share of agriculture and the consumption of 15%. As part of the plan now units of the Norwegian military in Northern Norway in a pilot project with organic food to be supplied.
