EU launches organic farming campaign

farminguk.com     Jul 29, 2008            

Through a EU wide campaign, the European Commission hopes to give consumers more information about what organic farming and food production means. The campaign kicked off on Monday. Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said: "Consumer demand for organic products is growing, offering increased business opportunities for all sectors of the food supply chain." More organic producers The number of organic operators (farmers, producers, processors and importers) in the EU-25 grew by 13.4% since 2004, to 182,305. Continue reading this story... (opens in another... [read full story]                    

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