Year 3 | Number 29 | March 2010
ARGENCERT NEWS
* ARGENCERT WORKING IN ARGENTINE PATAGONIA One of the more important sectors in ARGENCERT certification activity is that of the organic fruiticulture in the Rio Negro Valley. Read more.
NEWS FROM CHILE
* OPINION COLUMN. ISABEL QUIROZ, EXCECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF IQONSULTING: `THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE CHILEAN FRUIT INDUSTRY’ The earthquake in Chile has produced damages in three main areas: crops, packing infrastructures and hand labor that is physically and psychologically affected. Read more.
* WHOLE FOODS WARNS ABOUT SCARCITY OF CHILEAN GRAPE. The organic supermarket chain informs its customers about problems of supply as a consequence of the earthquake in Chile. Read more.
* AGRICULTURAL EMERGENCY DECLARED FROM VALPARAÍSO TO ARAUCANÍA. Chilean Agriculture authorities took decisions to face the emergency with concrete help for the small farmers. Read more.
NEWS ON ORGANIC STANDARDS AND HARMONIZATION
* GOMA FOCUSES ON ASIA: WORKSHOPS PLANNED IN THAILAND AND CHINA Steering Committee is preparing a study for Asia on strategies for harmonization and equivalence. Read more.
* EQUITOOL IS SLATED FOR ENHANCEMENT The new Annex will take as a starting point the work done by IFOAM on International Requirements for Organic Standards (IROS). Read more.
* CENTRAL AMERICA COOPERATES ON REGIONAL STANDARDS GOMA and the Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación Agricultura (IICA) will support six Central American Nations plus the Dominican Republic to complete the development of regional organic standards. Read more.
* WWF, WEAK BIODIVERSITY'S ROLE IN EU 2020 STRATEGY The strategy fails to highlight nature protection, according to the WWF's European director Tony Long. Read more.
NATIONAL NEWS
* AGRICULTURE. LAST NEWS IN TECHNOLOGY. ADVANCES IN PRODUCTION. The development in agriculture should be sustainable. Read more.
* A STOP TO AGRO-CHIMICALS. A COURT DECISION LIMITS THE USE OF GLYPHOSATE. The justice of Santa Fe province (Argentina) pronounced an inedit judgement with possible impacts in the agricultural model in Argentina. Read more.
* CURIOSITY WITH FOREIGN EYES. EXPOAGRO HAS BEEN FLOODED BY FOREIGN VISITORS. Throngs of foreign visitors to ExpoAgro interested in machinery and production systems. Read more.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
* WHAT'S THE COLOUR OF MONEY? BONUSES SHOULD BE GREEN Directors’ remuneration strategy should be determined on the basis of sustainability improvement factors. Read more.
* UK: ORGANIC TRADE BOARD LAUNCHES NEW CONSUMER WEBSITE To develop, promote and support Organic Trade in the UK. Read more.
* FRENCH AGRICULTURE : THE DEFENDERS OF THE GRENELLE* FEEL DOUBLE-CROSSED BY SARKOZY Environmentalists criticize the call of the French Chief of State to weaken environmental measures in view of the competition by neighboring countries. Read more.
* AUSTRIA: MOUNTAIN SUN First European lodging operated exclusively with alternative energy. Read more.
GMOS, hormones, nanotechnology, and not accepted Technologies
* BIOTECNOLOGY WILL GUARANTEED FOOD SECURITY, SAYS FAO. Biotechnology, genetically modified organisms, and the transgenic developments will guarantee the food security said FAO representatives. Read more.
* FAO: BIOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, SCANDALOUS Generalized repulse from environmental groups. Read more.
* EUROPE AUTHORIZES TRANSGENICS The European Commission authorized yesterday cultivation of a genetically modified potato from the German Group BASF. Read more.
* KEEP GM POTATO OUT OF OUR SOUP! The IFOAM EU Group strongly criticizes today’s decision by the EU Commission to authorise commercial cultivation of the GM potato Amflora. Read more.
* AMFLORA APPROVAL IS A HOT POTATO IN GM DEBATE The European Commission’s approval of BASF’s GM Amflora potato for cultivation in the EU has been celebrated and decried with equal measure by commentators on both sides of the debate. Read more.
* ITALY. GM POTATOES; REGIONS AND GOVERNMENT UNITE AGAINST THE TRANSGENIC INVASION. The approval was based on the opinion of EFSA on documentation supplied by the same multinational company that submitted the request. Read more.
* EFSA CONSULTS ON GM ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS EFSA has launched a consultation on its new guidance for assessing the environmental risk that genetically modified plants may pose. Read more.
* PLANTING OF GM CROPS UP 7% IN 2009 The USA is the outright leader with 64 million hectares, followed by Brazil at 21.4m and Argentina with 21.3m hectares. Read more.
* SETBACK FOR MONSANTO IN ITS DISPUTE WITH THE EU. The patent that Monsanto holds in Europe for its Roundup Ready soybean should not cover imports of processed soybean flour. Read more.
* USA: STILL NO RULING ON GM SUGAR BEETS A federal court judge said that the USDA should have assessed the impact the sugar beets could have on closely related crops. Read more
* ACTION UPDATE: MORE THAN 200,000 CONSUMERS, FARMERS AND ORGANIC BUSINESSES CALL FOR USDA TO BAN MONSANTO'S GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ALFALFA Environmental Groups mobilized communities to help generate an unprecedented number of comments. Read more.
* CONSUMERS SUSPICIOUS OF NANOTECH, IRRADIATION AND CLONING The new technologies trigger feelings of “unease, uncertainty, and sometimes outright negativity” among consumers, said a new report from the UK. Read more.
TECHNICAL NEWS
* BREAKTHROUGH - NEW SUGAR-BASED PLASTIC COULD BE COMPOSTED AT HOME Sugars found in fast-growing trees and grasses used to create a polymer that can be put in the compost bin. Read More.
* GOTS ADOPTS IROCB AND EXPLAINS WHY It is specifically developed for worldwide harmonized and equivalent quality assurance of organic products, it is based upon ISO 65 and it is flexible and accessible. Read More
* NaTrue - CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY FOR RAW MATERIALS Raw material suppliers can certify their raw materials for organic and natural cosmetics. Read More
* APPEARING THE ‘ORGANIC AGRICULTURE’ MAGAZINE It intends to be a platform to share knowledge in the organic agriculture sector. Read More
EXHIBITIONS, CONGRESSES, COURSES
* ETHICAL FASHION tURING THE LONDON FASHION WEEK. To be seen in London Fashion Week Feb. 23, 2010. Read More
* ORGANIC PROCESSED PRODUCTS ADVISORS TRAINING. The Argentine Ministry of Agriculture will conduct this training university professionals wishing to specialize in organic production. Read More
* IN-COSMETICS CELEBRATES 20 YEARS The World cosmetic industry exhibition will take place in Paris, France, April 13-15, 2010. Read More
* BRAZILIAN COMETOLOGY CONGRESS: CALL FOR PAPERS. The 24th Brazilian Congress of will take place May 25-27, 2010 in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Read More
* 6th OPEN AND FREE SEMINAR ON “SUCCESSFUL CASES IN RURAL TOURISM” Successful cases of some of our graduate students. Read More
* POSTGRADUATE COURSE IN HIGH DECISION MAKING IN RURAL TOURISM DURATION: 10 months, beginning March 26, 2010. Read More
* 8TH MIDDLE EAST NATURAL & ORGANIC PRODUCTS EXPO - MENOPE 2010 Will be held during December 07-09, 2010 at Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, U.A.E. Read More
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