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IFOAM Organics Europe
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The largest organisation representing organic interests in Brussels.
20+ years, 34 countries, 200+ members.
📍Brussels, BE https://maps.app.goo.gl/U8TJxVafBQKDX7cN7
🔗 www.organicseurope.bio
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#PressRelease | Organic strengthens Europe’s competitiveness and resilience, new evidence shows. IFOAM #OrganicsEurope, EAT EUROPE and Coldiretti Bio call for robust EU rules to protect trust and stop greenwashing.
Read the PR 👉 www.organicseurope.bio/news/organic...

#OrganicDelivers
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📢 As the EU prepares its Food and Feed Safety Omnibus, it's crucial that “simplification” doesn't weaken pesticide rules. Improving access to safe biocontrol must not become a backdoor for pesticides:
https://ow.ly/ZG6C50XIulT

🌱Organic & agroecology offer Europe a more resilient future.
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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By 2050, climate change could push food prices up 20%.

Agriculture makes up 12% of EU emissions, yet agribusiness lobbyists block real climate action, like controlling harmful and dangerous levels of industrial animal production.

#FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness #EUAgriFoodDays
December 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Everyday cereal products across Europe contain high levels of the forever chemical #TFA, our new PAN Europe study reveals. #TFA is an ultra-short #PFAS and a breakdown product of other PFAS, including PFAS #pesticides.
www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
December 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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#PressRelease | Organic strengthens Europe’s competitiveness and resilience, new evidence shows. IFOAM #OrganicsEurope, EAT EUROPE and Coldiretti Bio call for robust EU rules to protect trust and stop greenwashing.
Read the PR 👉 www.organicseurope.bio/news/organic...

#OrganicDelivers
December 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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COREPER endorsed Council's position on #PRM which limits farmers’ choice & harms agrobiodiversity.
👉Our PR: https://www.organicseurope.bio/news/ifoam-organics-europe-warns-the-councils-prm-position-limits-farmers-choice-and-jeopardises-agrobiodiversity/
December 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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✨ Our last newsletter of the year drops soon!
Want to know what’s been happening in Europe’s organic world? 🌿
Sign up now to get our 2025 highlights, projects, and stories delivered straight to your inbox 📥

We promise — no spam, just good news 😉
👉 https://www.organicseurope.bio/newsletter/
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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👉 What challenges do organic farmers face when starting out?

Our Policy Officer Helene Schmutzler explored this & more questions with young organic farmers 🌱

🎙️In this first video, you’ll see her interview with young organic farmer Nora Laub: https://ow.ly/ssJc50XGcnC

Enjoy & stay tuned for more 📡
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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🌱 The Organic Food Forum, held on 27 November, gathered voices from across Europe for an important exchange on the future of organic.

Participants shared experiences, explored emerging challenges, and discussed opportunities to strengthen organic’s positioning, trust, & value. 💚

#OFF2025
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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🌱 Getting new natural substances approved can take years for organic farmers.
❌ Why? Because of a double approval process & market challenges.

👉 Learn more in our dedicated position paper: https://ow.ly/G2g350XubT5
and in our #StopHarm campaign: https://ow.ly/MjEm50XubTa
December 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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🎉 Today is #InternationalVolunteerDay!
A huge thank you to all the amazing volunteers who support us at #OrganicsEurope 💚
Plus: applications for our 2026 traineeships are now open!
📌 Apply by 11 January
👉 www.organicseurope.bio/get-involved...
#EUSolidarityCorps #ErasmusPlus
December 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
organicseurope.bsky.social
🌍Happy #WorldSoilDay!
Healthy #soil is the foundation of life.
Today we recognise its importance as a vital ecosystem and thank #OrganicFarmers for the work they do to protect and restore it🌱🌍
#OrganicDelivers #OrganicIsPartOfTheSolution #SaveOurSoils
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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📣 Have you taken part in OrganicTargets4EU activities or events? We want to hear from you!

The #OrganicTargets4EU project has launched a short, anonymous feedback survey to better understand stakeholder engagement and boost the impact of project results:
https://ow.ly/myZo50XBUBY
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
organicseurope.bsky.social
At yesterday's #NGTs trilogue a provisional deal has been reached that carries major shortcomings. Missing safeguards on patents & traceability put EU food sovereignty at risk. #OrganicEU calls on Parliament to fix this agreement.
Read more in our PR www.organicseurope.bio/news/ngt-tri...
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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🌱#TPOrganics is attending the #SOILL-Startup final conference at the Committee of the Regions.

The Horizon Europe #MissionSoil project supports both new and existing applicants, with 45 #SoilHealth living labs established. 🌾

@maria-ge.bsky.social @organicseurope.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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🐞 Changing the EU authorisation process for biocontrol products will help farmers and ecosystems

🎥 Watch the video below to see how this can be done

👉 For more, see our biocontrol position paper: ow.ly/G2g350XubT5
& our #StopHarm campaign: ow.ly/MjEm50XubTa
December 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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At stake are our fundamental rights, farmers' rights to seeds, the very future of organic farming and #agroecology, which can only exist in a context of strong regulation of #GMOs. ✊🐝
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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📅 On the eve of the final trilogue on the NGTs legislation, our President, Jan Plagge, calls on policymakers at the table to defend the rights of farmers & breeders.

📘However, the study released today by the EU Commission fails to address the patent issue:
ow.ly/UOLv50XAOAn
December 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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On 10 Dec, we’re co-organising a high-level debate on the socio-economic value of organic with Eat Europe & Coldiretti Bio, hosted by MEP Herbert Dorfmann.
🕔 17:00–18:30
📍 @europarl.europa.eu room A5F385
👉 Register now to join in person! www.organicseurope.bio/events/debat...
High Level Debate on the Socio-Economic Power of Organic - European Parliament
Organic farming is not only an environmental commitment –  it is a strategic driver of economic vitality, quality employment, and rural resilience across the European Union. Hosted by MEP Dorfmann (EP...
www.organicseurope.bio
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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This morning Anne Picot, member of the Organics Europe Youth Network and #GenerationalRenewal officer at @fnabio.bsky.social, spoke at the @europarl.europa.eu's AGRI Committee hearing on the role of young farmers in the future of EU agriculture and the #CAP reform.
#OrganicYouth
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December 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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👉 What challenges do organic farmers face when starting out?

Our Policy Officer Helene Schmutzler explored this & more questions with young organic farmers 🌱

🎙️In this first video, you’ll see her interview with young organic farmer René Bonn.
Enjoy & stay tuned for more 📡
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Young organic farmers face many challenges, but the CAP provides tools, funding and rewards for ecosystem services to help them get started.
More improvements are still needed.
🎥 Watch Laura Sauques explain why.
#CAPfocus #OrganicYouth #GenerationalRenewal #EUorganic #IMCAP
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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On 3 Dec, the next – and potentially last – #NGTs trilogue takes place.
In a statement w/200+ breeding & farming orgs across Europe we warn that deregulating #newGMOs would exacerbate patent issues and threaten farmers’, breeders’ and consumers’ rights.
ow.ly/TKE450UXnMA

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Joint Statement: Protect the business of small and medium size breeders, farmers, and the organic and non GMO sectors in the EU - Greenpeace European Unit
Download the full joint briefing here.
ow.ly
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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🚀 Kickstart your career! Apply for 2026 Erasmus+ / ESC traineeships with us!🌱
Gain hands-on experience in EU agri-food policy, training, events & mentorship.

📌 Apply by 11 January!
👉 https://www.organicseurope.bio/get-involved/work-with-us/

#ErasmusPlus #EuropeanSolidarityCorps
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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We welcome the EU #Bioeconomy Strategy and its commitment to shift toward sustainable, bio-based materials. But to fully meet EU environmental objectives it must recognise organic & agroecological farming as the most sustainable way to produce them.
PR🧐 www.organicseurope.bio/news/ifoam-o...
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Fairness is a core value of organic. ⚖️
We asked Fileni what fairness means to them - it starts with the people who grow our food. Fair deals help farmers keep producing fresh, flavorful organic food for all of us.
Stay tuned for more #OrganicFairnessFirst stories. 🌱
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM