BioFach and Vivaness 2010: biofach.de industry together and emotional brand experience From 17 to 20 February 2010 it is again: assembled in the exhibition center in Nuremberg, the organic industry in all its diversity. BioFach, the world's leading fair for organic products, and Viva Ness, international platform for natural personal care and wellness, came last 2,733 exhibitors and 46,771 trade visitors. Organics is currently in crisis, but the market is facing a multitude of challenges and structural changes. Exactly the right time for taking stock - in Nuremberg. Read the interview with Claus Rättich, Member of the Management Board of NürnbergMesse ...
www.biofach.de IFOAM EU Conference: Signal for Copenhagen bio-markt.info
n On the approximately 200 people from 33 countries, well-attended conference of the IFOAM EU Group in Brussels was the route for the major international climate conference in Copenhagen on 7-18.12.2009 determined. If it were up to the participants in Brussels, officials in Copenhagen should focus on organic farming instead of carbon credits, climate emissions trading set. There is very unclear what was being done with billions of dollars compensation at all. did not require a global per capita allocation for CO2, and for all people was equally.
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required more air-justice gepa.de
with a billboard campaign to report the One World Network North Rhine Westphalia and the GEPA - The Fair Trade Company the climate summit in Copenhagen to speak. They draw attention to the connection of Fair Trade and climate protection and require more equity between North and South. The poster shows a coffee farmer who carries a heavy coffee bag under a dark storm sky. The slogan "Oh, can we not still on it grab you?" Points out that small farmers and people in developing countries have to bear the burdens we impose on them by unjust trade and climate change caused by increased CO2 emissions. The coffee farmer on the poster is Kishero Oliva. It is based on organic coffee in Uganda, to feed their seven children. Since then, the local organic farmers to co-Gumutindo together, they get a much better price for their beans ... www.heisse
www.gepa.de -zeiten.org Spain's first center for organic agriculture elperiodicoextremadura.com
opened on 30.11.2008, the English Minister for Science and Innovation, Cristina Garmendia, Plasencia (Extremadura), the Centre for Ecological Agriculture and Mountains (CEMA). From this reference center of research projects should be supported, which inter alia provides for the transfer of technology in the eco-production. The establishment of the Centre required an investment of EUR 2.5 million and has 2010 on a budget of 400,000 EUR. In the new research center will operate eleven o'clock, the research already been in several areas, such as alternative crops for animal nutrition in organic farming and the development of horticultural crops in organic farming. It was also established in connection with the Centre, a national research network for organic production, attended by some 300 researchers. ...
www.elperiodicoextremadura.com New EU organic logo from 1 July 2010 duty ec.europa.eu
3400 new designs have since been filed, Julien Mousnier by the European Commission, three are now on the short list. On a Web the EU Commission can vote all interested parties by the end of January 2010. One way to reject all three designs is not provided. In such a case, one can express his negative opinion of the European Commission under info@organic-logo-competition.eu. On the first day was marked by various critics. From 1 July 2010 must be the new EU organic logo will be applied to packaging. For pre-packaged goods with the logo and identification of the origin will be mandatory. The European organic label does not apply to conversion goods and food with an organic content below 95%. For non-packaged goods and imports from third countries may be used freely. According to BNN production and trade can not the new logo before the use 01/07/2010 ...
www.ec.europa.eu / organic-logo More organic food for Nuremberg The newly formed Coalition for Action "Bio in the city" act of Hotel and Restaurant Association, the city Nürnberg/Wirtschafts- and Environment Unit , NürnbergMesse and the new club is also the regional organic businesses together. The annual BioFach, the world's leading trade fair for organic products in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, 2009 approximately 50 million EUR turnover brought into the region. Not only visitors but year-round to a better future, organic dishes will be offered.
A first step towards promoting more Organic offerings in restaurants was an event that took place earlier in the week. The plan is later a Bio-Gastro guide that is published to BioFach and year-round draw attention to the organic offer is ...
project worldwide access to the organic market goma-organic.org
Building on the partnership, through the development of the International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture (ITF) from 2003-2008 by FAO, IFOAM and UNCTAD was created, the project was recently announced Global Organic Market Access (GOMA). This project continues the work begun by ITF with the aim of harmonizing the rules of different countries policies and associations to facilitate global organic trade.
A guide for determining the equivalence of standards and technical regulations called EquiTool, as well as the guidelines of "International Requirements for Organic Certification Bodies (IROCB)", can be used by any government, and in the private sector to other organic standards and certification systems assess and recognize ...
www.goma-organic.org Fresh organic food in schools is made by bioland.de
Il Cielo ... Get a piece of the (kitchen) sky! have this motto, Carola and Domenico Petrone for their healthy and sustainable organic food for children and young people aims at. Recently, Il Cielo is organic catering partner.
all started in 2005 when Carol Petrone has made the search for a food supplier for the nursery of her three children. Without success. Without further ado, the couple Petrone his own organic catering has opened. In the meantime, is cooked at Il Cielo for more than 20 facilities in the Munich area Bio.
past two years makes the concept fresh and school. Petrone family and her now 30-strong team of chefs cook on site and fresh every day pupils in four schools in and around Munich. Currently 100 companies in the food service and catering were the organic-recognition and may advertise with the organic seal of quality.
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more organic production in the Amazon foodbizdaily.com
The project coordinator of Organics Brazil, Ming Liu, announced recently that now 1.7 million ha land is farmed organically in Brazil says Foodbiz Daily. Organics Brazil is working closely with the Brazilian Export Promotion apex.
Organics Brazil began four years ago to organize a dozen participating companies to export in six countries. Meanwhile, there are 74 companies, from cosmetics to textiles to food products processed in 14 countries including the USA, Japan, Germany and France, . Export According to José Alexandre Ribeiro, president of BrasilBio, an association of producers and processors of organic products in Brazil, with 1,200 companies, are the most cultivated organic products is still sugar, coffee, soybean and fruits. A new law and the creation of a state commission dedicated to the theme of production, which could bring further progress ...
http://foodbizdaily.com day's work publishes book: regional, organic, cooperative tagwerk.net
The 25th Anniversary, the producer-consumer cooperative day's work for the occasion, a book titled "Life à la carte" to be returned. The message is clear: He who eats well, lives well, helps the climate, ecological and social environment and is involved in the fight against global food crisis. Anyone who eats organic and from the region, changed the world. In eight chapters deals with the basic idea of day's work: the ecological, regional and cooperative food production. The topics include the importance of eating and dealing with economic and political benefits of regional economic ...
www.tagwerk.net Korres cosmetics shop permanently in Munich modelvita.com
With the stylish store in Munich Bach bell-quarter (Reichenbachstr.30) the Greek cult label Korres held up as a trendsetter, says Vita model. The news of the opening of the Pop-Up Store spread by word of mouth, which was previously omitted in the traditional marketing and advertising. Although originally intended for only a three-month opening period, there were a number of enthusiastic repeat customers. It was therefore decided to keep the store permanently. Out the Korres store by Tom Kast and Jan Hoyer, whose shop "sinful" is in close proximity. This is Munich to Frankfurt and Kassel, the third city in Germany with its own Korres store in addition to international locations like New York, London, Paris, Barcelona, Dubai, Singapore and Beijing. In the Korres range, there are nine Ecocert-certified natural personal care items under the name Herba Korres Materia ...
www.modelvita.com Organic Monitor provides clarity for natural cosmetics directives organicmonitor.com
New research shows the continued development of new natural beauty standards, but the outlook for worldwide uniform guidelines seem low.
A report on the technical details evaluate the leading international policies of natural and organic cosmetics. One of the main results that the directives have become increasingly popular, but only at a national Basis. Very few standards cover a larger region, or may even be described as international.
guidelines are followed, especially in Europe, and about two-thirds of the natural personal care products are there certified. Organic Monitor estimates that sales of controlled natural cosmetics exceeds EUR 1 billion, with Ecocert and BDIH are the leading labels, mainly because they are widespread in France and Germany ...
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