NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIC POLICY

* EU ECO-LABLE: CONFUSION, INTERFERENCE, CHAOS IFOAM EU Group disappointed that Eco-lable text does not exclude the labelling of food products from its scope. Read more

* G8: SOME POINTERS TO IMPROVE WORLD AGRICULTURE SITUATION Suggest monitoring of volatility in the commodity markets and reject export bans to preserve local consumption. Read more

NATIONAL NEWS

* THE SUPREME COURT SUSPENDED DEFORESTATION PRACTICES IN FOUR DEPARTMENTS OF THE PROVINCE OF SALTA (ARGENTINA). Until provinces make the environmental impact study on deforestationrequired by the new Forestry Law. Read more

* AGROTOXICS. THE OTHER THREE STUDIES ON CANCER AND MALFORMATIONS. Researchers face pressures from corporations, permeability of some researchers and government organisms that work side by side with the corporations. Read more

* ENTRE RÍOS PROVINCE (ARG.): A LAW PROHIBITS AGRICULTURE IN THE DELTA AREA. The norm tries to promote the protection of the important humid lands. Read more

* XXIV ENCOUNTER OF BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE IN THE SOUTHERN CONE/ORDINARY GENERAL AABDA ASSEMBLY In Villa General Belgrano, Province of Córdoba, Argentina. Read more

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

* CONSUMERS SEEK OUT CHEAPER ORGANICS, SAYS SOIL ASSOCIATION REPORT Rather than switching back to conventional foods. Read more

* ONU ADVISES G20: REWSORT TO AORGANICS FOR ECONOMY’S GREEN REVOLUTION. Recommends sustainable agriculture and investments in drinking water, forests, soil and the coral reefs. Read more

* 'FIRST’ ORGANIC CHIA FOR THE US MARKET Launched by Navitas Naturals from the highlands of Mexico. Read more

* EXPO WEST: BUSIER THAN EVER Numbers say so. Read more WORLD ORGANIC COTTON MARKET GROWTH Expected market growth between 24 and 33 percent in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Read more

GMOs, HORMONES, CLONATION. NANOTECHNOLOGY AND UNACCEPTABLE TECHNIQUES, TECHNICAL NEWS

* OFFICIAL RESEARCH CONFIRMS THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF GLYPHOSATE. Performed in embyos, the first of this type, rebukes the supposed innocuity of the herbicide. Read more

* GERMANY PROHIBITS SOWING A TRANSGENIC CORN. It is the Monsanto’s GMO corn MON 810. Read more

* AGGRAVATED THE CONFLICT BETWEEN MONSANTO AND THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT. Monsanto files suit against the German Government against ban to cultivate transgenic corn decided last week. Read more

* CLONING: BEN & JERRY'S HIGHLIGHTS CONCERN OVER CLONES IN FOOD CHAIN Can clonated food hide in icecream? Read more

* CONGRESS IS REQUIRED TO TRACK CLONED ANIMALS USDA required to develop a DNA-based tracking method. Read more

* OBAMA ADMINISTRATION UPHOLDS GM SUGARBEET DEREGULATION Is this the type of reform promised by Obama? Read more

* ECUADOR: FOOD SOVEREIGNITY LAW THAT OPENS THE DOORS TO OGM “TERMINATOR” SEEDS. Is the universally rejected “Terminator” technology a way to protect “food sovereignity”? Read more

* NEW FORMULA FOR US-SOUTH RESEARCH FUNDING Developing-country scientists to receive funds through North American scientists. Read more

CONGRESSES, SEMINARS, MEETINGS, COURSES FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS

* ORGANIC EXPO 2009 : MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: 24 - 26 july, 2009. Argentina will have for the second consecutive year a stand in the Hall for organic food enterprises. Read more

* EUROPEAN ORGANIC SEAL: A CONTEST International contest for the new European Organic Seal. Read more