Year 3 | Number 30 | May 2010
ARGENCERT DIRECTOR’s CORNER
ARGENCERT expands and get nearer its cusomers. ARGENCERT is in the process of improving the communications infrastructure with its local branches. Read more.
ARGENCERT NEWS
ARGENCERT TECHNICAL UPDATING DAY WITH VISITS IN MENDOZA (ARGENTINA). With special énfasis on Organic Vitiviniculture. Open debate between consultants and local organic producers on specific subjects. Read more.
SMALLHOLDERS CERTIFICATION AND THE INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM It was ratified the feasibility and reliability of this certification system. Read more.
NEWS FROM CHILE
IMAGE REVEALS SECRETS OF CHILE EARTHQUAKE The ground deformations revealed by the satellite data will have major implications for the understanding of earthquakes everywhere. Read more.
MID JULY WILL TAKE PLACE CHILE DAY 2010 IN NEW YORK The Chilean delegation will meet with Wall Street investors. Read more.
PAYSANDÚ (URUGUAY): NEXT JUNE THE POWER PLANT FUELED WITH BIOMASS WILL START OPERATING. Burning the area forestry residues will produce the steam used in processing and to produce the electricity. Read more.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ECOLOGIC POLICIES
DEVELOPED NATIONS’ FOOD IMPORTS THREATEN WORLD WATER SUPPLIES With an estimated 40 percent increase in food production required by 2050, water scarcity is likely to become a global problem for the food chain. Read more.
‘STOP TALKING, START PLANTING!’ A global campaign by children that intend to call the attention on the importance of turning to action for the protection of the environment. Read more.
BRASIL, CHINA, INDIA AND SOUTHAFRICA DEMAND A CLIMATE AGREEMENT. “… there is no way to fight the climate change without the USA and we believe that we could build an agreement that would allow the US to adhere”. Read more.
CONCLUSIONS OF THE CMPC TASK FORCE ON CLIMATIC DEBT The industrialized countries must recognize that they have over-used the atmospheric space, and should assume and honour their climate debt with the developing countries. Read more.
NATIONAL (ARGENTINA’S) DEPUTIES PROPOSE TO FOREST AT LEAST 3% OF FARMS’ LAND AREA. Olmedo, Salta’s deputy, said that he has presented a bill for planting with dynamic forestry 3% of the land areas. Read more.
AMAZON DEFORESTATION DOWN 51 PERCENT FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR: SO, WHAT'S WORKING? Brazil's newly established Green Arch, Legal Land Program works by giving land titles to Amazon residents and paying the residents to prevent deforestation. Read more.
S.R.O. (SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS): ISO 26000 ABOUT TO BE ADOPTED. New ISO standard to be finished before the end of the year. Read more.
NATIONAL NEWS
SITUATION OF ARGENTINA’S ORGANIC PRODUCTION DURING 2009. Annual Report presented by the National Direction of Fiscalization of Agri-food Production, National Service of Agri-food Sanity and Quality (SENASA). Read more.
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE: A PORTAL AND A BOOK PRESENTED. The book “La Producción Orgánica en Argentina, Experiencias Institucionales y Productivas” (Argentine Institutional and Productive Experiences in Organic Agriculture), and the Portal of the Inter American Commission of Organic Agriculture (CIAO) were presented in Buenos Aires. Read more.
ORGANIC RICE SEMINAR WAS LAUNCHED IN CHAJARÍ Government and private organizations debated on organic rice production. Read more.
POSSIBLE OPENING OF THE CHINESE MARKET TO ARGENTINIAN PEARS AND APPLES. The meeting confirms the final draft on the protocol for the phytosanitary requirements of the Argentinian pears and apples. Read more.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
ORGANIC PERUVIAN COFFEE DISTINGUISED IN THE U.S. The arabiga Peruvian coffee certified organic and fair trade was selected best of the world. Read more.
SWITZERLAND: COMPILATION AND COMPARISON OF ORGANIC REGULATIONS Updates on-line Switzerland organic regulation texts and allows comparison with private standards. Read more.
USA: ORGANIC CATTLE RAISED FOR BEEF SHOULD HAVE EQUIVALENT REGULATIONS AS DAIRY CATTLE Organic beef production should be equivalent to organic dairy animal production. Read more.
USA: ORGANIC EXHIBITIONS US organic exhibitions accompany the world organic sector that has shown its resilience and growing. Read more.
EU: INCREASED ROLE OF ORGANIC FARMING Growing interest in organic farming, particularly as the EU is preparing a major overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Read more.
LONDON CELEBRATES SUCCESSFUL NATURAL & ORGANIC PRODUCTS EUROPE Strongly hit in the current economic recession, UK organic market rebounds. Read more.
GREEN MED FORUM, A CALL TO THE MEDITERRANEAN What's missing in the two European Mediterranean giants is to know each other better and do things together. Read more.
UGANDA: FARMERS URGED TO ADOPT ORGANIC FARMING Uganda has the potential to reap from the booming global agricultural market if entrepreneurs adopt organic farming. Read more.
INDIAN BAN ON COTTON EXPORTS CAUSES VOLATILE CONDITION ON COTTON MARKET THE WORLD OVER Indian cotton exports were stopped to favor local consumption. Read more.
ROMANIA: TWO MILLION EUROS FOR BIOHEATED GREENHOUSES. Environmentally bioheated greenhouses using geothermal waters, the first in the country. Read more.
SUSTAINABLE COSMETICS SUMMIT CALLS FOR MORE AUTHENTICITY To fight greenwashing, industry leaders called for the adoption of sustainability initiatives and consider third party certification. Read more.
FAIRTRADE IMPORTS SURGE AS CATEGORY EXPANDS Through expansion in product categories, imports of fairtrade products have reached record highs in the USA. Read more.
MARKET CONCERN TRIGGERS AMCOR DEVELOPMENT OF BPA-FREE LACQUER (FoodNavigator [newsletter@foodnavigator.com]; 23-4-2010) Consumer concerns move manufacturers to develop Bisphenol A-free lacquers. Read more.
GMOS, hormones, nanotechnology, and not accepted Technologies
US POSITION COULD POSE PROBLEMS FOR GM-FREE LABELING, ORGANIZATIONS CLAIM US position in Codex may hinder labeling food as GM free. Read more.
TRANSGENICS IN THE US SUPREME COURT The first audience in the U.S. Supreme Court on transgenic crops begins; could it allow citizens to bring law suit against an official organism that does not do its work? Read more.
TAKE ACTION I: KEEP NANOTECH INGREDIENTS OUT OF ORGANIC FOOD! Will the USDA leave the door open to this new, dangerous, unregulated technology? Read more.
TAKE ACTION II: TELL YOUR SENATORS NO GE CROPS IN FOREIGN AID! Multi-billion dollar aid bill directs taxpayer dollars towards more GE research. Read more.
OVERUSE OF GM CROPS MAY THREATEN FARMERS' GAINS, STUDY SAYS American farmers' gains are now threatened by overuse of genetically engineered organisms, as they are no longer resistant to certain herbicides. Read more.
U.S. APPROVED A NEW EVENT BY SYNGENTA. The USDA de-regulated the event MIR162, that will be combined with the stacked event Agrisure 3000GT. Read more.
TRICLOSAN*, A TOXIC IN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS Cosmetics labeled as “antibacterial” contain Triclosan that persists in the environment and is recognized, like BPA**, as an endocrine disruptor. Read more.
TECHNICAL NEWS
THE ECOLOGIC WORKPLACE: HOW TO WORK IN GREEN. Diminish paper consumption, use less water and energy, diminish residues recycling more, be sharp when acquiring equipment, diminish transportation, etc. Read more.
PANAMA STARTS EXPORTING SQUARE WATERMELONS Sounds funny, but it seems to be a new market niche. Read more.
EXHIBITIONS, CONGRESSES, COURSES
GREEN NEW DEAL FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD CHAINS The European Organic Congress “Green New Deal for Sustainable Food Chains - The strategic role of the organic food sector” will promote efficient use of natural resources. Read more.
UK AWARE - GREEN AND ETHICAL LIFESTYLE EXHIBITION It is the UK's only public facing green lifestyle show. Read more. MESSE FRANKFURT ACQUIRES ETHICAL FASHION SHOW The Ethical Fashion Show deals exclusively with ecological, ethical and sustainable fashion production. Read more.
PERÚ: COURSE ON “ECOLOGIC AND FAIR TRADE STANDARDS FOR EXPORT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS”. Organized by The Ecologic Agriculture Network of Peru (RAE-Peru) and the Peruvian Institute of Alternative Markets (IPMA). Read more.
EUROPEAN ORGANIC CONGRESS IN ROME To review how the new EU organic regulations are doing. Read more.
2010 HISPANIC RETAIL 360 SUMMIT - August 8-10, 2010, Arizona, USA. The Hispanic Retail 360 Summit is a high-level conference and tabletop exhibition for the Latino marketing. Read more.
VIRTUAL COURSES FROM TMORGANICS (Australia) Practical and theoretical aspects of organic agriculture in e-courses and books. Read more
“FIRST ANNUAL EXCHANGE OF NATIVE SEEDS OF THE WESTERN REGION OF SAN PEDRO PUXTLA”, AHACHAPÁN, EL SALVADOR. For the food soveregnity and the biodiversity. Read more.
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