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Organized by the Swiss Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) & FiBL Projekte GmbH, with AFC Consultants International (Agriculture & Food Consultants International) and the support of the Swiss Confederation and the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Frankfurt will host, next 25-26 October, an important conference about organic farming in Ukraine dedicated to all the actors (such as importers/processors from the EU, European Control Bodies, EC and importing countries, etc.) dealin

The demand for organic food continues to grow steadily, with a total turnover now reaching 2.8 billion. The growth is due also to a new model of consumption, and a choice that becomes even more evident in school canteens. The author cites a research  by the Oxford University, highlighting how organic farms increase the wealth of plants, insects and other animals by an average of 34% more than conventional farms. Higher levels of biodiversity mean tangible benefits, not only to the environment, but also for the same farmers and for the food market.

The booming U.S. organic industry posted new records in 2015, with total organic product sales hitting a new benchmark of $43.3 billion, up a robust 11 percent from the previous year’s record level and far outstripping the overall food market’s growth rate of 3 percent, according to the Organic Trade Association’s 2016 Organic Industry Survey.

Steady growth of operators , surfaces and consumers: this is the 2015 picture of organic agriculture in Switzerland, according to the annual report of BioSuisse, despite the fact that 2015 was a commercially depressed year because of the strong franc and the decline in business tourism. The number of producers reached  6,031 units (52 more than in 2014), while the cultivated area grew, on 2014, of 4,000 ha, reaching 137,000 ha, ie 12.8% of the Swiss UAA.