FiBL Newsletter August 2024

News

Pascale Cornuz on biodiversity: "A fruitful collaboration"

Biodiversity is one of the foundations of our existence, a major and complex issue – and one that is often overlooked. From FiBL's point of view, a…

Challenges and solutions in implementing the EU organic regulation for organic seeds

The implementation of the new EU Organic Regulation, which came into force in January 2022, presents challenges for Member States, particularly…

FiBL is part of the newly launched project ReLEAF on bio-based fertilisers

The Horizon Europe project ReLEAF has officially started after a successful kick-off meeting in Barcelona. Under the coordination of the Spanish…

Many young people stand together on a meadow, with a school building in the background.

Second edition of the Organics Europe Youth Event held in Italy

Under the theme "Organic and You(th) – Building resilient food futures", around 130 young participants from all over Europe met in Bari in Italy from…

Further news in German

Further FiBL news are available in German. You can find them here: www.fibl.org/de/infothek/nachrichtenarchiv

Publications

New handbook on contaminations in organic products

Traces of pesticides in organic food are a controversial topic: on the one hand, consumers need to be protected from fraud. On the other hand,…

Duckweed – unknown but full of possibilities? New factsheet for interested parties

Duckweed is a valuable source of protein and a potential crop for animal feed. FiBL Switzerland has published a fact sheet that addresses the main…

Events

21-23 October 2024

ABIM – Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting 2024

Basel, Switzerland

27 November 2024

FiBL Open Day – Organic transformation of food systems

online

FiBL events in other languages

Your career at FiBL

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Yours sincerely,
Andreas Basler and Helga Willer

The joint newsletter of FiBL Switzerland, FiBL Germany, FiBL Austria, FiBL France and FiBL Europe is usually published monthly.
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August 2024