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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS
News # 1/7
Organic Fairs Worldwide/ Register Online!
Conference: May 6 - May
9, 2006
Trade Show: May 7-9, 2006
McCormick Place,
Chicago, Illinois
As the only exclusively organic event in North America, All Things
Organic™ serves up more organic exhibitors and products than any other
industry trade event. Touch, taste and see everything from new products,
new faces, new trends, new companies, and new contacts to established
companies at the root of this fast growing industry. Expand your organic
base with a comprehensive education program and top notch networking
events.
Meet your customers' demand.
Grow your bottom line.
Source it all right here, from farm to fork to fiber and beyond.
In 2006, All Things Organic™ will again co-locate with The FMI Show, The
Fancy Food Show, The United Produce Expo & Conference, and The US Food
Export Showcase. Exhibitors at All Things Organic™ will have access to
over 33,000 buyers attending the show.
September 21 - 23, 2006
BioFach Japan - Asia's Leading Trade Fair for Organic Products
Tokyo Big Site
September 21-23, 2006
BioFach Japan is Asia's
leading trade fair for organic products.
For the last six years, BioFach has bee the one and only organic trade
show with strict criteria and the passport to the Japanese organic
market. It offers excellent business opportunities for Japan's growing
consciousness for a healthy lifestyle. BioFach Japan is the meeting
point for organic supply and demand.
Personal relationship are the key to success in Japan! Take advantage of
the opportunity to treat visitors to your stand, and you list of clients
will grow.
BioFach Japan is the 'Must Exhibit' trade show is you wish to:
- export your organic products to Japan
- create brand awareness
- introduce yourself as a supplier
- underline your commitment to the organic movement
- establish and deepen your business ties
For further information,
contact:
BioFach Japan Secretariat
c/o ABC Enterprises, Inc.
Fukide Heights 305
Toranomon 4-1-11, Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-0001 Japan
Mr. Heinz Kuhlmann
Tel: +81-3-5404-7351
Fax: +81-3-5404-7352
Email:
heinz@inter.net
Baltimore Convention
Center
Baltimore, MD USA
Education and Events: October 4-7, 2006
Trade Show: October 5-7, 2006
BioFach - producers of
Europe's largest organic exhibition - and New Hope Natural Media -
producers of North America's largets natural and organic products trade
shows - have partnered to produces North America's largest all-organic
and natural show.
With more than 20,000 attendees, there is no other show in the United
States that allows you to talk to so many potential customer.
Organic Products Expo-BioFach America delivers cutting-edge organic
finished products, raw materials, market intelligence and education that
tradewho and conference attendees can't find anywhere else in North
America.
Located at Natural Products Expo East, the all-organic Organic Products
Expo-BioFach America delivers the largest retail-buying audience in the
United States.
Oktober 25 - 27, 2006
BioFach America Latina: The Most Important Organic Event in Latin
America
Transamerica Expo Center
Sao Paulo, Brazil
October 25-27, 2006
International speakers and
key market players will be making contact with you.
BioFach América Latina in São Paulo is the meeting place for key
international organic players.
ExpoSustentat, an event featuring other sustainable goods and services,
will take place concurrently with BioFach América Latina. The synergy
between these two events will brings added value to both shows.
BioFach América Latina has grown to be the leading and only pure organic
trade event in Brazil. 157 companies from nine countries participated in
2005., and 200 are expected in 2006.
News # 2/7
October 23-24, 2006/ ABIM-Lucerne
The
first Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM-Lucerne 2006) will take
place at the KKL Culture and Convention Center Lucerne, Switzerland on
Oktober 23-24 2006. With the sponsorship of the European Commission, the
meeting is being organised by the International Biocontrol Manufacturers
Association (IBMA) and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
(FiBL).
ABIM-Lucerne provides an annual meeting place specifically adapted to the needs of the biocontrol industry.
News # 3/7
September 18-20, 2006/ What will organic farming deliver?
This conference is organised by the Association of Applied Biologists in conjunction with COR - the Colloquium of Organic Researchers.
Organic farming systems are increasingly recognised throughout the world as a realistic alternative to intensive industrial agriculture. Consequently there is also an increasing amount of research activity both formal and informal linked to the study of organic farming systems. This biennial conference aims to provide a forum where approaches to, and unresolved issues arising from research in organic farming systems can be aired and new thinking enabled.
The themes identified for the main platform sessions are consequently broad; the widest possible interpretation should be made about topics suitable within each of the following themes: Health, Profit, better environments.
The deadline for call for papers is 3rd February 2006.
News # 4/7
June 29, 2006/ BIOACADEMY
The Bioacademy is an annual event held in Lednice in the Czech Republic, not far from the Austrian and Slovakian borders. Apart from the specialist programme, meetings between agriculturalists and other specialists take place.
The conference also involves a practical part including excursions to organic farms and organic processing enterprises in the Czech Republic and the neighbouring countries.
At the Bioacademy 2006 the following topics will be dealt with
- Quality of organic food
- Organic grassland management
- Organic vegetable production and processing
Contact
Pro-Bio - Association of Organic Farmers, Czech Republic, Phone / Fax:
+420 583 216 609
News # 5/7
May 30-31, 2006/ KOLOGI
In May 2006 researchers representing all aspects of European research in organic food and farming will present their work at a joint congress "Organic Farming and Rural Development" to be held in Denmark.
The call for papers is available at the conference homepage.
The congress will combine public meetings as part of EU supported projects in collaboration with the biannual Danish congress, which usually attracts more than 600 participants.
Contact:
Claus Bo Andreasen, DARCOF
News # 6/7
April 05, 2006/ CHANNEL Project
The programme of the final international Channel conference to take place in Budapest, April 5-7 April, 2006 is now available. The CHANNEL project aims at opening channels of communication between the associated candidate countries and the EU in ecological farming.
The European funded CHANNEL project aims at opening channels of communication between the associated candidate countries and the EU in ecological farming. The programme can be downloaded at the project homepage. Registration is possible on-line.
- Contact: Prof. Dr. László, Radics, Corvinus University, Budapest
News # 7/7
March 7-10/ New Partnership!
The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
(IFOAM), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) announce a joint
project to facilitate the development of an East African Organic
Standard, which will help to make organic products from East Africa more
recognizable on supermarkets shelves throughout the world.
This project pools together the expertise and experience of a wide range
of stakeholders at the national and regional levels, and builds upon
work that is already underway in the region, in particular through the
Export Promotion of Organic Products from Africa (EPOPA) project.
“IFOAM is a strong supporter of the development of regional organic
standards to aid in the harmonization of trade in organic products. In
the case of East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are natural trading
partners, and this project, in addition to making international markets
more accessible, will strengthen trade in organic products between these
countries, which is an integral part of creating a sustainable system,”
explains IFOAM President Gerald A. Herrmann.
The UNEP/UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force on Trade, Environment
and Development (CBTF) project Promoting Production and Trading
Opportunities for Organic Agricultural Products in East Africa, launched
in Kampala on October 19, 2004, established a Regional Standard
Technical Working Group (RSTWG). Comprising representatives from
standards bodies, certification bodies and the organic sector from the
three countries, the RSTWG held its first meeting in Kampala on October
24, 2004. It met again in Arusha on March 6 to discuss the contents of
the standard. The RSTWG will now be strengthened by IFOAM‘s full-fledged
support.
IFOAM is also launching the East African Organic Standards (OSEA)
project this week. OSEA will provide resources to conduct national
consultations and field-testing of the standard. Once the standard has
been approved, IFOAM will also support the development of a joint
inspection protocol and consumer education campaign through the OSEA.
This new partnership will be announced on the occasion of the CBTF Regional Workshop for Organic Agriculture, March 7-10, 2006, in Arusha, Tanzania.
All draft papers are available on the CBTF website at http://www.unep-unctad.org/cbtf/openArusha.htm.
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