Community Interest Company OF&G has joined NATRUE as an approved certifier of natural and organic bodycare and cosmetics in the UK and Ireland.
NATRUE announces OF&G as new certifier in UK and Ireland
May 6, 2020 Continue Reading
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OF&G: organic offers opportunity to deliver green Brexit
Organic Farms and Growers (OF&G), in partnership with organizations across the organic sector, is urging the UK Government to recognize the opportunities organic can offer to deliver a green Brexit.
April 13, 2018 Continue Reading
Objection lodged against proposed UK GM trial
A proposed open-air GM field trial by Rothamsted Research has prompted 26 organisations – encompassing scientists, farmers, retailers and environmentalists – to lodge a formal objection, coordinated by GM Freeze.
March 29, 2018 Continue Reading
OF&G rule change: on-pack logo mandatory
Organic certifier Organic Farmers & Growers has introduced a rule change that will require mandatory on-pack presence of its logo.
December 21, 2017 Continue Reading
Land in organic conversion up by over 22%
Latest government figures show that the amount of UK farmland in organic conversion rose by more than 22% in the UK last year and by 47.2% in England.
May 22, 2017 Continue Reading
UK organic sales looking healthy
According to the latest retail figures from Kantar Worldpanel, over the past 12 months sales of organic produce grew by over 5%, up £44 million. This increase follows a downturn which occurred during the recession when people focused on cheaper food, explained Ed Garner, Kantar’s director of communications, speaking at the Organic Farmers & Growers’ […]
July 29, 2014 Continue Reading
OF&G names new CEO
The new chief executive of one of the UK’s leading organic bodies has been named. Roger Kerr has taken the reins at Shropshire-based Organic Farmers & Growers Ltd (OF&G), which inspects and certifies a significant proportion of the UK’s organic food and farming as well as commercial composting and digestate from AD plants. Kerr is a former […]
March 6, 2014 Continue Reading
Industry challenges “loaded language” of EU organic survey
Criticism is building within the organic industry about an online survey set up by the European Commission to test the views of consumers, businesses and interest groups on organic food and farming issues. The Commission says the multiple-choice survey forms an important part of the current review of the EU Organic Regulation. But some organic […]
March 5, 2013 Continue Reading
Top speakers lined up for popular organic conference
The full programme for this year’s Selling Organic conference is now in place. (more…)
September 27, 2011 Continue Reading
Top speakers lined up for popular organic conference
The full programme for this year’s Selling Organic conference is now in place. (more…)
September 27, 2011 Continue Reading
Retail pioneers to speak at autumn organic conference
People’s Supermarket pioneer Arthur Potts Dawson and Planet Organic founder Renée Elliot are among an impressive speaker line-up for this year’s ‘Selling Organic’ conference hosted by Organic Farmers & Growers. (more…)
July 6, 2011 Continue Reading
Retail pioneers to speak at autumn organic conference
People’s Supermarket pioneer Arthur Potts Dawson and Planet Organic founder Renée Elliot are among an impressive speaker line-up for this year’s ‘Selling Organic’ conference hosted by Organic Farmers & Growers. (more…)
July 6, 2011 Continue Reading
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OTB welcomes new general manager
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.
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Urgent wake up call to Government to ‘fix the failings of food’
The Select Committee on Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment has published a report questioning the affordability of the recommended healthy diet.
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News in brief
New kids’ food start-up Mia & Ben has launched with four organic fruit and vegetable combinations in pouches created using HPP technology.
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Naturalife Bridport celebrates 20 years
Hannah Bourne, assistant manager at Naturalife Bridport, reflects on the store’s history as it marks a significant anniversary.
Features
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Know the drill
Discovering everything from ‘naked gum’ to toothpaste tabs, Dominique Ayling cuts her teeth in the natural oral care market.
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The art of healthy baking
Rosie Greenaway roots through her store cupboard to learn how the therapeutic benefits of baking can be merged with the nutritional perks of superfoods.
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Inflammation: the silent assassin
Chronic inflammation is a factor in myriad chronic health conditions but sometimes symptoms are invisible says Jane Wolfe.
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Inside insomnia
A problem for Brits at the best of times, sleep issues are being exacerbated due to the pandemic, leaving many feeling exhausted, reports Jane Wolfe.
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