Year 2 | Number 21 |August 2009
ARGENCERT DIRECTOR’s CORNER
REGIONAL TECHNICAL MEETINGS OF ARGENCERT PRODUCERS Workshops in Rio Negro on subjects related with the organic standards. Read more
ARGENCERT NEWS
ARGENCERT IN THE MEDIA This month the organic world and, particularly, our company, have been mentioned in the local media. Read more
NEWS FROM CHILE
THE EU ORGANIC MARKET: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR CHILE. Situation of the EU organic market from the Chilean standpoint. Read more
CALL FOR THE 2009/10 CHILEAN ORGANIC DIRECTORY. Free lifting eeking to collect the largest possible number of contacts in the organic sector; registration time, limited. Read more
CHILEAN COURT LITIGATION FOR THE TRANSPARENCY OF GMO INFORMATION Long fight of civil rights organizations for the recognition by the Chilean Government of the right to know the location and distribution of the GM crops. Read more
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIC POLICY
USA: LEGAL REJECTION OF A PATENT FOR AN INDIGENOUS SEED Rejected a patent request for a yellow bean of Mexican origin. Read more.
OTHER ONE ON REJECTION OF PATENTING OF LIVE ORGANISMS Bumpy Pumpkin patent request, rejected; indigenous peoples domesticated the vegetable for thousands of years. Read more.
ANOTHER ONE ON PATENTING INDIGENOUS PRODUCTS: PERU'S PATENT STRIKES BLOW AGAINST BIOPIRACY. Peru prevented several foreign companies from taking out patents on products that were developed using the traditional knowledge of Peruvians. Read more
DO SEED COMPANIES CONTROL GM CROP RESEARCH? Publishing independent research on genetically modified crops, restricted. Read more
SMALL FARMERS COULD CASH IN ON CARBON MONITORING Rewards for environmental managing practices possible if project REDD gets the go-ahead at the Copenhagen climate meeting in December. Read more
UK: IMPORTED FOOD COULD BE GREENER THAN LOCAL, SAYS DEFRA The "food miles" argument is often flawed, says study. The Soil Association warns consumers not to stop buying locally-produced food. Read more
GLYPHOSATE PROHIBITION IN ARGENTINA: HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES SEEK TO SANCTION A LAW. Meeting at the Argentine Congress with legislators and stakeholders. Read more
BRAZILIAN SOYBEAN PRODUCERS RENEW THEIR VOWS TO AVOID DEFORESTATION. Renewal of the “soybean moratorium” not to buy soybean from deforested areas in Amazonia. Read more
NATIONAL NEWS
BIOFACH AMERICA 2009: ARGENTINA OFFICIAL CALL TO EXHIBITORS Use of the Argentine Pavillion by local organic producers, free of charge. Read more
ORGANIC WINES: ARGENTINA WILL DUPLICATE EXPORTS; BUSINESS AGREEMENTS SIGNED FOR OVER TWO MILLION US DOLLARS. 1st. Seminar and Business Round with Importers of Organic Wines with excellent results. Read more
THE ORGANIC CHEESE MARKET IN AN ARGENTINIAN CITY. VARIABLES ASSOCIATED TO ITS EVALUATION. Consumer attitudes and behavior studied in relation with the willingness to pay premium prices. Read more
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
FRANCE’S ORGANIC GRAIN SEASON 2008/2009 : THE CEREAL MARKETS IN EQUILIBRIUM? Experts believe that a better level of offer/demand of organic cereals is expected. Read more
MEXICO: EVOLUTION OF ORGANIC CONSUMPTION Mexican organic sector organics continues to grow, according to USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. Read more
BRASIL COMPLAINS FOR SOME 1.200 TONS OF REFUSE FROM GREAT BRITAIN Brazilian companies expected to receive loads of recyclable plastics; they received refuse instead. Read more
CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE SENDS FORMAL LETTER TO PRES. OBAMA They urge the US Administration to take immediate action to repair the USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP). Read more
PESTICIDE RESIDUES: BAD RESULTS FOR FRANCE. The EFSA reporting on pesticide residues in the European Union foods shows bad results for France, contrary to tendency in the EU. Read more
ITALY: BEES AND CORN; USE OF THE NICOTINOIDS “Corn or Bees: is this the dilemma?” that will be discussed in Milan. Read more
DEALS ATTRACT SHOPPERS BACK TO ETHICAL, PREMIUM PRODUCTS UK supermarket Tesco sales of its organic and fair-trade products return to growth this year through special offers. Read more
WHOLE FOODS OBTAINS ORGANIC CERTIFICATION FOR ALL U.S. STORES All 273 U.S. stores have been individually certified organic. Read more
MORE ROOM FOR GROWTH IN FRAGMENTED KIDS’ ORGANIC SECTOR A growing opportunity for smaller food manufacturers, but larger brands have a trust in claims problem. Read more
ITALY: THE ORGANIC BOTTLE FOR MINERAL WATER Made of a biodegradable polymer from corn and other vegetable starches. Read more
EUROPEAN ORGANIC CONGRESS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY AND GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS Congress organised by IFOAM EU Group on the future of organic food and farming within the reformed CAP. Read more
USA: LONG WAIT FOR HARMONISED ORGANIC COSMETIC STANDARDS? Critics of the COSMOS organic cosmetic standard say the standards are “too little too late”. Read more
GMOS, hormones, nanotechnology, and not accepted Technologies
NEW STUDY REVEALS MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEMS LINKED TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS An alarming study published in the Journal of Biological Science points toward serious health hazards from genetically engineered foods and pesticides. Read more
MONSANTO RESTARTS THE GMO WHEAT BUSINESS. They are returning to the GMO wheat Business. Read more
US WHEAT INDUSTRY WELCOMES MONSANTO’S GM WHEAT PLANS US wheat organizations issued a joint statement welcoming the expansion of GM wheat research. Read more
GLOBAL REJECTION OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED WHEAT (Organic-Market.Info Online Magazine [mail@organic-market.info], July 21, 2009) Environmental and consumer organisations reinforce opposition to genetically modified wheat. Read more
RIGHT TO KNOW WHERE GMs ARE PLANTED, REJECTED (See article in News from Chile, above) POLISH BAN ON GM FOOD PRODUCTION ‘ILLEGAL’ The European Tribunal of Justice declared in Luxembourg that Poland has violated its obligation towards the EU . Read more
US AND CANADA APPROVE NEW MULTI-TRAIT GM CORN The new GM corn combine eight different genes for herbicide tolerance and insect protection. Read more
EU: GM MAIZE DECISION BOUNCED TO COUNCIL Member states have failed to reach a qualified majority. Read more
EU COUNCIL SHOULD STEP BACK ON MEAT FROM CLONED ANIMALS The IFOAM EU Group say that the agreement disregards consumer demand for clone-free-meat and threatens animal welfare and biodiversity. Read more
TECHNICAL NEWS
BIOLOGICAL FERTILIZERS IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF CROPS. Applied to seed through inoculation they offer the plants better conditions. Read more
CULTIVAR REACTION TO FUNGI PRODUCERS OF CORN MYCOTOXINS. Research project to identify cultivars that are resistant to prevalent toxicogenic fungus species. Read more
EXHIBITIONS, CONGRESSES, COURSES
IFOAM CONFERENCE ON ORGANIC ANIMAL AND PLANT BREEDING, August 25-28, 2009 in Santa Fe, NM, USA. Read more
BIOFACH LATIN AMERICA – October 23-25, 2009, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Read more
WORLD CONGRESS ON ORGAIC COTTON - September 21-25, 2009, Bologna, Italy. Read more
FRANCE: WINE EXHIBITION, MILLÉSIME BIO 2010. Read more
NATURAL COSMETICS MASTERCLASS The Organic Monitor Masterclasses that critically reviews and compares the major natural & organic cosmetic standards. Read more
RURAL TOURISM HIGH MANAGEMENT POSTGRADUATE COURSE Virtual course beginning in September 2009. Read more
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