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		<title>New EU organic logo &#8211; it&#8217;s official</title>
		<link>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2010/03/31/new-eu-organic-logo-its-official/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OFandG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We finally have the official, ready-to-use version of the new EU organic logo!   We&#8217;ve been waiting a while and many of our licensees have been on tenterhooks for this, because for new products it needs to be in use by July and that doesn&#8217;t leave a lot of lead time.   This morning the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dreaming of EU logo confirmation</title>
		<link>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2010/03/25/dreaming-of-eu-logo-confirmation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OFandG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a good few weeks ago that we heard the winning entrant in the competition to choose an EU organic food logo had been chosen (the beginning of February, in actual fact). This logo is, by regulation, due to begin appearing on new organic products from July. That&#8217;s right, July this year. Unfortunately, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Logo announcement looms</title>
		<link>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2010/02/03/logo-announcement-looms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OFandG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day is nearly upon us. The day we will discover the one logo to rule them all. If you&#8217;ll excuse the slightly nerdy Lord of the Rings reference, I am, of course, referring to the EU organic logo. The results of the competition held to choose this hotly anticipated item of packaging decoration are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU logo finalists unveiled</title>
		<link>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2009/12/09/eu-logo-finalists-unveiled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OFandG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So now we know what the compulsory EU organic logo could look like. But after all the (excruciating) build-up, it has to be said that the response here at the Old Estate Yard is one of being distinctly underwhelmed by the options. We have three shortlisted finalists from a quite impressive 3422 entries. The trouble [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Lovely&#8217; new Defra website</title>
		<link>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2009/10/01/lovely-new-defra-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2009/10/01/lovely-new-defra-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OFandG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a post for the record, really, but in case you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, Defra has launched its updated website. They confess that not all of the information has been hauled right up-to-date yet, but they are working on it. So, for all your Government organic farming-related info you now need to go here. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OF&amp;G reaches new heights &#8211; Everest, to be exact</title>
		<link>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2009/09/09/ofg-reaches-new-heights-everest-to-be-exact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OFandG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, must clarify the headline. No-one from here has actually been to the top of Everest. Maybe one or two have conquered The Wrekin or the Long Mynd and our Certification Manager, Steve, spends many a weekend tramping around very tall parts of the country &#8211; but I digress. What is exciting is, as far [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A fine addition to the organic inventory!</title>
		<link>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2009/09/03/a-fine-addition-to-the-organic-inventory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2009/09/03/a-fine-addition-to-the-organic-inventory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OFandG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the kind of news we like to see! As reported by the Food &#38; Drink Innovation Network: The first ever organic Islay single malt whisky has been released to coincide with the opening of a new island barley facility for farmers and Bruichladdich distillery. This got our development officer, Steve, fairly well excited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US and Canada reach organic agreement</title>
		<link>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2009/06/17/us-and-canada-reach-organic-agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2009/06/17/us-and-canada-reach-organic-agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OFandG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One for the record. Reuters reports that the US and Canada have reached agreement to accept each other&#8217;s organic standards and the US Deputy Agriculture Secretary apparently sees it as &#8220;an important first step toward global harmonization of organic standards&#8221;&#8230; Share:]]></description>
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		<title>Irish farmers piling into organics</title>
		<link>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2009/06/03/irish-farmers-piling-into-organics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2009/06/03/irish-farmers-piling-into-organics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OFandG</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a very interesting piece from the Independent, Ireland. Apparently the country has seen a 79 per cent (!) increase in applications for organic conversion between last year and this. Are they seeing a similar pattern to the one that happened in the UK in the last few years? Is this their big upswing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In-conversion labeling a good idea?</title>
		<link>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2009/05/28/in-conversion-labeling-a-good-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/2009/05/28/in-conversion-labeling-a-good-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 13:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OFandG</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.organicfarmers.org.uk/blog/?p=519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Interesting debate may be on the cards following the publication by the journal Food Policy (via FoodNavigator.com) of research into whether the public would accept food labelled as being &#8220;in-conversion&#8221; to organic. It&#8217;s easy to see people coming down firmly on each side of the fence on this issue. We&#8217;d be fascinated to hear your [...]]]></description>
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