France added 5,000 organic farms last year, and its total organic acreage now accounts for 7.5% of all farmland in the country.
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France added 5,000 organic farms last year, and its total organic acreage now accounts for 7.5% of all farmland in the country.
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Oisix, Japan’s largest meal kit and organic food delivery service, has purchased Purple Carrot for $30M, and the partnership will bring the first plant-based meal kits to Japan.
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Brazil’s budding organics market is part of a larger Latin American trend.
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In what has been described as “frightening” by Bio Suisse, a new study has discovered pesticide residues on most organic farms in the Swiss midlands.
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A fascinating look at the organic food and farming market in China.
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Aimed at creating a healthier future for its country and the region as a whole, Saudi Arabia will soon be subsidizing organic meals at schools.
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MAJOR kudos to Lizzie Wanyoike, CEO of the Emory Hotel in Nairobi, for banning all non-organic food in her hotel. In her war against cancer-causing chemicals, the hotel has recruited a pediatric nephrologist and public health specialist to oversee the testing of all food that enters its kitchen.
American hoteliers need to follow this woman’s lead. Bravo!
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The small Indian state of Sikkim went 100% organic in 2016 and is now showing the rest of the world that an agricultural policy devoid of toxic chemicals is a profitable and prosperous model. Love it!
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One of the main drivers in the Indian hospitality industry is organic, pesticide-free food.
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Excellent news! It is being reported that Mexico’s president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, will ban GMO corn as soon as his new government takes office.
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In an interesting move, Sneakz Organic recently received the hard-to-get Chinese organic certification. But with lax enforcement in the country, does it mean much?
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The war against organic may be nowhere greater than in Brazil, where lawmakers want to eliminate organic fruits and vegetables in major supermarkets, favoring pesticide-laden produce. It is beyond shocking.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has partnered with Cornell and others to expand the planting of yet another risky, unproven GMO crop — this time, it is eggplant.
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As a result of poor enforcement and corporate deception, supermarkets in India are flooded with GMOs, with 15% of the products making false claims of being GMO-free.
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With a goal of increasing organic production by 300%, the Saudi government has committed $200M to scale its organic farming sector.
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In a pushback against EU policy, Ireland has voted to prohibit or restrict the cultivation of GMOs in Ireland.
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As part of the Soil Association’s Organic September in the UK, restaurants and cafes are being encouraged to utilize more organic ingredients.
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With organic grains having suffered glyphosate contamination, the case is being made that current methods to separate organic and conventional farming are not working.
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While organic is booming in the U.S. and throughout much of the world, the same cannot be said about the market in Japan.
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In a very positive development, the amount of organic farmland in the UK is seeing positive growth for the first time since 2011. However, just like in the U.S., organic feed for animals remains a real challenge.
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Organic food is almost 10% of the entire food industry in Switzerland, with organic eggs capturing more than 25% of the market.
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Denmark is getting very serious about having its farmers go organic, dedicating nearly $200M to make this happen.
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Australia has proposed mandatory fungicide treatment on a wide variety of vegetable seeds entering the country, saying the risk of pathogens from abroad has become too great to ignore.
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According to a new report from Mintel, a shocking 25% of all food and drink products launched in Germany in 2017 were organic.
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