Western Europe - Organic Food Information

An organic food boom in Germany is creating demand for flour ground the old way, but the country only has one person left with the skills needed to carve and maintain millstones.According to the German organic food industry body, the BOeLW, sales ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany said on Friday that deadly E.coli bacteria that have killed 31 people and hit farmers across Europe almost certainly came from contaminated bean sprouts grown at an organic farm in northern Germany.Traces of the deadly strain were detected ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The warm, watery, organic growing environment suspected as the source of a deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany may produce delicious, nutritious bean sprouts, but is also an ideal breeding ground for the dangerous bacteria.Bean sprouts are often prime suspects ...

At the popular Bio Company store in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, the shelves are virtually bare, as demand for organic meat and eggs spikes amid a dioxin crisis that has shaken Germans' faith in food."Dioxin: Bio products are not affected," screams a notice ...

As of 2009, only a small fraction - 3.7 percent of total food sales in the United States - were organic. What is the actual difference for your body if you seek out and pay for organic rather than non-organic products? Exactly, ...

The article reports that the Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) in Great Britain has offered resource maps to help firms calculate waste. WRAP says that it will look at best-practice models to promote across the sector. the bank's man- aging director of ...

The article examines the impact of the economic crisis on consumers spending for organic food in Great Britain. Almost half of organic shoppers will not cut back on organic food. the bank's man- aging director of retail, said spend- ingon ethical food ...

An interview with food-policy specialist Tim Lang, is presented. Interview The importance of local food TIM UNG, PRESIDENT, GARDEN ORGANIC The charity Garden Organichas a new dynamism, withfood-pciicy specialist TimLang taking up the presi-dent's role, following the retirement of Earl Kitchener after ...

Whole Foods is to open its second London organic superstore, six years after the launch of its first branch in Kensington High Street.. The store, in Richmond, will take up two floors and about 20,000 square feet, a quarter of the size ...

Organic certification guarantees the farming method that is used, not the quality of the food. Organic farming is the only method of farming that is legislated for in the UK, so you can be guaranteed that the food you buy has been ...

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Topic: Western Europe

Germany's last millstone mason pressed for time

Germany finds E.coli on farm's bean sprout packet

Analysis: E.coli outbreak poses questions for organic farming

Germans go organic in dioxin scare

Why is Organic Food Good for You?

WRAP offers resource maps to help firms calculate waste

Organics can continue to grow

The importance of local food

Whole Foods set to open second London branch

Is buying organic really worth the money?

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