Posted March 30th, 2012
There may have been some popping of corks in organic vineyards across the EU with the announcement that they can now create a product actually called ‘organic wine’. Eagle-eyed people looking for a certified product before now might have noticed that the only reference on the label was that the wine was ‘made from organically…
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Posted February 23rd, 2012
The agreement between the EU and the US to recognise each other’s organic standards, as revealed in just the last week, really is a pretty big deal. To those outside the organic sector, its probably just another dry trade agreement story. But for those who have a product to sell, in some cases it could…
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Posted August 11th, 2011
Today has seen the publication of the latest statistics on organic production in the UK. We’ve literally just received them, so they bear more examination, but we’ve picked out the key figures to give you a quick, early overview.
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Posted January 6th, 2011
We’re not fortune tellers, obviously, but at this time of year we quite often get asked to gaze into our imaginary crystal ball and predict what the coming 12 months might look like for the organic sector.
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Posted March 31st, 2010
We finally have the official, ready-to-use version of the new EU organic logo! We’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’t leave a lot of lead time. This morning the…
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Posted March 25th, 2010
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’s right, July this year. Unfortunately, we…
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Posted February 3rd, 2010
The day is nearly upon us. The day we will discover the one logo to rule them all. If you’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…
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Posted December 9th, 2009
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…
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Posted October 1st, 2009
Just a post for the record, really, but in case you haven’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….
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Posted September 9th, 2009
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 – but I digress. What is exciting is, as far…
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