Topic: Europe

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's parliament voted on Thursday to tighten a law that effectively banned cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops for scientific and commercial reasons in response to public fears. The ruling center-right GERB party decided to drop a planned moratorium ...

Green members of the European parliament stood en masse and held up placards Tuesday in protest against the EU Commission approval of the cultivation of genetically modified potatoes. The deputies help up placards that read "For a GMO free Europe" as one ...

HAMBURG (Reuters) - Germany's incoming government drew mixed responses on Monday to its cautiously-favorable policy toward genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). The incoming coalition between the conservative and pro-business liberal parties which won Germany's parliamentary elections in September announced its core policies over the ...

When communism crumbled two decades ago, Eastern Europeans were only too delighted to discover the fast-food chains that symbolized the West. But today they increasingly long for organic food. "The general trend is that more and more organic products are being sold ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over conventionally produced food, according to a major study published on Wednesday. Its conclusions were challenged by organic food campaigners. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said ...

Backpackers go for green vacations with stints on European farmsBackpackers pining for European adventure have discovered life on the farm, shoveling manure, feeding pigs and making butter as a recession-beating way to sate their wanderlust. Their ticket to an earthy taste of ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Sales of organic food in France jumped 25 percent last year and more than 60 percent in three years to reach 2.6 billion euros, France's organic association "Agence Bio" said on Friday. It did not give any forecast for ...

England 1. Beechenhill Farm, Peak DistrictAn organic dairy and sheep farm with wonderful views over Manifold Valley in the Peak District National Park, Beechenhill is a delightful place. A farm trail winds through meadows and woodland, and there are three beehives, where ...