Advertisers should “avoid conflating” regenerative farming approaches with organic practices, the UK Advertising Standards Authority has told brands.
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Advertisers should “avoid conflating” regenerative farming approaches with organic practices, the UK Advertising Standards Authority has told brands.
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Nepali workers who quit jobs and borrowed cash to come to the UK are out of work just weeks after arriving. Heartbreaking story.
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According to new research by Nielsen, after ten years of steady growth, UK organic food sales have fallen by 2.1%.
Read Article Under a revolutionary program to protect the environment, farmers in the UK will get a cash subsidy if they avoid using harmful pesticides and herbicides.
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Could this soon be the U.S. as well?
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The organic market in the UK is now worth £2.79 billion, having just experienced its highest year-on-year growth rate since 2005.
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While there are a few exceptions, organic products certified in one country are automatically considered certified organic in the other.
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Stakeholders fear organic food exports will be banned if mutual recognition is not agreed upon between the UK and EU by December 31, 2020.
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The UK reported that organic farmland grew by 2.4% last year, reversing a decline from 2018.
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The organic food sector in the UK rose by 4.5% last year, with sales of online retail and home delivery surging by 11.2%.
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A leaked document shows Boris Johnson has no intention of maintaining high environmental standards after the UK leaves the EU.
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The Soil Association has launched a Brexit readiness support service to help organic businesses prepare for a possible no-deal scenario on October 31, something that would halt organic exports to the EU.
Read Article In his inaugural speech, Boris Johnson said that he wants to “liberate the UK’s extraordinary bioscience sector from anti-genetic modification rules and let’s develop the blight-resistant crops that will feed the world.”
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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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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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Interestingly, while the UK suffered a 3% decrease in overall organic farmland, the area of land converting to organic grew by 22%.
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With organic only comprising 1% total market share in the UK, versus 10% in Denmark, the Organic Trade Board is launching a three-year, $10M plan to help grow the sector.
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