Organic

Last month saw the appointment of Cristina Dimetto as the OTB's new general manager, who joins ahead of this year’s Organic September campaign.

The latest two drinks from Pukka Herbs are both designed to soothe and relax the body and mind: Night Time Organic Latte and Peace.

Key players in the organic and fair trade movements warned this week that current proposals for revision of the EU Organic Regulation would undermine a flourishing European organic food and farming sector and penalize farmers in developing countries.

Mark Ruskell, MSP, has called for organic food to be made a mandatory requirement in all Scottish public sector kitchens, including schools and hospitals.

Daylesford Organic has launched a range of 15 organic teas and herbal infusions, including single-estate black teas, speciality teas and white teas.

New data gathered by the Soil Association shows that the organic market has continued to grow in the first half of 2017, driven significantly by increased consumer interest in nutrition and a desire for traceability in food sourcing.

Riverford has introduced a zero packaging box in response to customers who want to get rid of packaging altogether (okay, apart from the box). 

With organic grocery growing 12.1% in the past 12 months, the OTB's marketing director Harriet O’Regan gives an overview of activity in 2020.

New to the healthy grab and go snacking category are Instinct Bites, bite-size pieces of freeze-dried organically sourced fruit, with nothing else added.

Available from September is Pukka Herbs new Christmas Calendar containing 24 of the brand’s herbal teas.

Organic food and drink organizations have written to the chief Brexit negotiator to express 'deep concern' about the future of organic.

The coronavirus pandemic is leading to a boost in demand for organic and sustainable foods, reports London-based analyst Ecovia Intelligence.

Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G) has expressed dismay at Defra’s Path to Sustainable Farming 2021-2024, calling it a ‘roadmap to nowhere’.

Social media influencer Coral Golding – Coral Pearl to her followers – is among the names boosting the Organic Trade Board’s 2019 Organic Feed Your Happy Campaign.

In his spring ‘member news’ bulletin circulated on 22 March, Paul Moore CEO of the Organic Trade Board (OTB), has announced two management changes within the organization.

The OTB, which for three years ran a targeted consumer campaign called Organic. Feed Your Happy, has rebranded with a new slogan: Go Organic.

Helen Browning’s Organic has launched a new range of chilled ready-meals based around slow-cooked organic pork.

This month Yeo Valley is launching its Artist’s Edition Baobab & Vanilla Yoghurt, produced with baobab sourced and supplied by Organic Herb Trading.

Natural food brand Roots & Wings has launched a collection of organic and fair trade Chocolate Leaves.

A new fermented cheese, Cicioni, has launched in the UK, created by vegan and raw food expert Daniela Cicioni.