http://www.soilassociation.org Soil Association Website en-GB Copyright Soil Association 2009 web@soilassociation.org Latest figures from Kantar World-panel reveal organic sales through supermarkets have increased steadily for the past three months. The 12 week year on year picture shows a +1.6% for organic food sales - the first time the market has seen year on ye... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/5383/soil-association-reports-increase-in-organic-sales-over-three-months-since-the-horsemeat-scandal ncollins-daniel Wed, 08 May 2013 09:29:00 GMT Sales of organic products through the main supermarkets have risen significantly during the past two months and are performing better than the previous 10 months. According to Kantar Worldpanel data, the 12 week year-on-year trend for organic food t... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/5212/organic-market-on-the-move fnorris Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:51:00 GMT Winners of the prestigious Natural and Organic Awards 2013, hosted in association with the Soil Association, were announced at the Natural and Organic Products show yesterday [Sunday 7 April] at the Novotel London West. The awards were presented by ... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/5159/natural-and-organic-award-winners-announced fnorris Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:30:00 GMT The Organic Market Report published by the Soil Association highlights key areas of growth in online retail, independent outlets and a shift towards younger consumers during 2012. Overall, the market has dipped by 1.5% as the UK continues through it... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/5100/soil-association-2013-organic-market-report-reveals-significant-areas-of-growth-in-organic-sales fnorris Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:01:00 GMT The 5th European edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit will once again take place in the international city of Amsterdam on 6-7th June 2013. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/5041/sustainable-foods-summit-2013 erose Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:00:00 GMT Why do organic producers do what they do – and why should customers care? The Soil Association has launched an appealing animation explaining some of the reasons to choose organic, and you can find animal welfare coming to life here. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4805/organic-gets-animated fnorris Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:36:00 GMT The NOPE Awards, hosted in partnership with the Soil Association, have become a benchmark for excellence and set the highest standard for innovation, quality and commitment within the organic health and beauty industry. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4797/entries-now-open-for-the-annual-natural-and-organic-products-europe-nope-awards erose Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:56:00 GMT Since the early nineties Greenpeace have been one of the lead charities invited by the Glastonbury Festival to operate at the festival where they have their own field on which they promote themselves and their international campaigns. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4789/trade-on-greenpeaces-field-at-glastonbury-2013 erose Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:42:00 GMT We are consulting on three areas of the Food for Life Catering Mark standards http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4765/catering-mark-consultations-have-your-say erose Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:23:00 GMT Great feedback from our “meet the buyer event” with Ocado on 10th October 2012, when we managed to get almost 70 Soil Association licencees in front of the buying team at Ocado HQ in Hatfield. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4614/soil-association-licensees-meet-the-ocado-buyers ljones Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:59:00 GMT The aim of our month-long promotion was to boost the market for organic products. And we achieved that, with a healthy 7.7% increase in sales over the previous month, thanks to a variety of promotions by retailers, producers and wholesalers all arou... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4613/organic-september-results ljones Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:53:00 GMT Congratulations to Growing Communities, a vegetable box scheme based in Hackney and run by volunteers producing most of its food locally, which was named Retailer of the Year in this year's Observer Food Monthly Awards. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4573/congratulations-to-growing-communities ljones Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:37:00 GMT Even as producers cope with yet more appalling weather, and the doom-merchants in the retail market peddle a bit more gloom, it’s not all bad news from our licensees… http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4494/good-news-on-fresh-produce ljones Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:39:00 GMT In the week that the Advertising Standards Authority declared an industrial baker using a photo of hands kneading dough to advertise its factory loaves was not misleading, the Real Bread Campaign and the Soil Association host The Cake & Bake Show’s ... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4484/it-s-gonna-be-a-bun-fight-the-big-bread-debate GCatt Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:09:00 GMT Don’t miss this important news story on the BBC’s Today programme which vividly illustrates the case against GM crops. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4477/superweeds-in-nebraska-the-case-for-gm-free-farming-on-the-bbc ljones Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:04:00 GMT This year’s Organic Food Awards feature a special dairy award for Best Organic Dairy, with Acorn Dairy of Darlington taking the hotly contested prize. The award was based on extra criteria including farm management, conservation, animal welfare and ... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4425/acorn-dairy-win-best-organic-dairy-award GCatt Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:01:00 GMT Though this US study is of limited application in Europe, we are pleased to see that it recommends organic food as a way for people to avoid pesticides in their food. Indeed, this remains consumers’ top reason for choosing organic. The report, in fa... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/4416/press-comment-american-study-of-organic-food GCatt Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:48:00 GMT With practically every organic market in the world showing positive growth, our own UK market is widely seen as the exception to the rule. As the Soil Association's Organic Market Report 2012 shows, organic export business has been one of the UK mar... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/3491/export-learning-event-presentations fnorris Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:06:00 GMT The University of Greenwich , which has been awarded the Soil Association's bronze Food for Life Catering Mark across all of its catering services, has become the newest name at the top of The People and Planet Green League. Awarded 55 out of a poss... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/3468/catering-mark-helps-university-of-greenwich-to-highest-ever-green-league-score jstride Wed, 30 May 2012 13:23:00 GMT Renewable Heat Incentive - how to apply for funding for renewable heat generation Your organisation may be able to benefit from the £860m Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) launched last year to make it more financially attractive for industry and busin... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/3167/rhi-application-help-events jdingwall Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:02:00 GMT Yeo Valley , the UK’s largest organic brand, is the latest addition to the Soil Association’s Ethical Trade scheme . This means that all of the milk used for Yeo Valley products – yoghurt, butter, cheese and milk – is now certified to Soil Associati... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/3162/yeo-valley-signs-up-to-ethical-trade cturton Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:21:00 GMT The Soil Association is pleased to publish the final version of its new group strategy: The Road to 2020. The publication sees the culmination of a large-scale consultation exercise with stakeholders, and sets out our goals and priorities over the s... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/3142/final-version-of-group-strategy-published tyoung Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:34:00 GMT The choices we make over the festive season - about what goes on our plates, the presents we buy, what we wear and what we put on our skin – have far reaching consequences for our health, the health of our countryside, and the development of countri... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/2822/10-small-steps-to-a-big-organic-christmas jstride Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:05:00 GMT Today the Soil Association led Food for Life Partnership was awarded the prestigious BBC Radio 4 Derek Cooper Award. The award recognises 'unsung heroes, whose work has increased our access to, and knowledge and appreciation of, good food'. For five... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/2801/food-for-life-partnership-wins-bbc-award tyoung Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:54:00 GMT The Soil Association led Food for Life Partnership , the lottery funded network of schools and communities across England committed to transforming food culture, has been nominated for the prestigious Derek Cooper award in the up and coming BBC Radi... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/2793/organic-heroes-nominated-for-radio-4-food-farming-awards tyoung Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:52:00 GMT The UK’s biggest celebration of all things organic took place last month, with Organic September being marked on organic farms, in schools, by retailers and caterers and the general public. Taking a lead from the ongoing industry wide ‘discover orga... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/2776/organic-september-round-up tyoung Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:33:00 GMT http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/2491/calling-all-game-changers-enter-the-international-green-awards sbolton Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:03:00 GMT The Organic Trade Association has clarified how a new US policy memo which allows organic textiles to be sold in the USA in a similar way to organic food, is also in addition to existing FTC requirements. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/2180/organic-body-outlines-new-us-textile-ruling sbolton Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:01:00 GMT Soil Association textile licensees defied the recession in 2010 with a sales growth of 35% - reaching £12million. As the market for organic textiles grows, so does our support for organic textiles trade. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/2149/a-growing-market-for-organic-textiles sbolton Mon, 16 May 2011 13:54:00 GMT Expensive and elitist. That’s a perception which has been recently attached to organic food in some quarters. However, a new survey of supermarket prices adds to the evidence that this is not the case. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/2110/organic-red-meat-not-expensive sbolton Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:13:00 GMT Thirty percent more UK shoppers look for health claims than ethical ones; ‘Free range’ is twice as looked for as Fairtrade; However, almost 90 percent recognise the Fairtrade logo. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/1563/health-claims-trump-ethics-with-uk-consumers sbolton Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:46:00 GMT We are looking to appoint a chair for our Processing Standards Committee. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/1506/seeking-standards-committee-chair sbolton Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:20:00 GMT Our one-day organic induction events provide brands, retailers and caterers the opportunity to improve their knowledge of the market while deepening their understanding of organic benefits. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/1223/new-dates-for-industry-learning-events Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:04:00 GMT To mark the start of the British economy’s recovery from the recent financial crisis and recession, The Daily and The Sunday Telegraph have set out to establish which companies will drive that growth, creating the jobs and the wealth the country need... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/1535/nominate-for-the-sunday-telegraph-s-top-1-000 sbolton Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:00:00 GMT The organic industry launches a high profile 3-year campaign that is set to deliver sales growth by increasing consumer demand for organic food in the UK. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/1504/new-campaign-launches-to-highlight-benefits-of-organic sbolton Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:47:00 GMT Our 2011 conference offers three comprehensive trade elements which will be of interest to any business operating in the organic market. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/1459/conference-set-to-deliver-three-key-sessions-for-trade Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:00:00 GMT This year the key slogan for our Organic Fortnight was “Choose organic every day”, positioning organic products as an accessible, affordable everyday choice. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/1238/organic-fortnight-2010-another-successful-year Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:35:00 GMT Source: IGD Half (49%) of shoppers across four European countries expect to be buying more food and grocery products with ethical credentials in the future, according to new consumer research published by international food and grocery analysts IGD.... http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/1220/half-of-european-shoppers-will-buy-more-ethical-food-and-drink-in-the-future Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:45:00 GMT Soil Association members are invited to attend a social gathering to meet other members and friends at Soil Association director Patrick Holden’s farm near Lampeter, Ceredigion on Friday 24 September from approximately 6pm-9pm. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/1213/social-gathering-at-patrick-holdens-farm-in-september pmundy Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:37:00 GMT The BBC Radio 4's Food and Farming Awards are now open for nominations. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/430/bbc-food-and-farming-awards-now-open pmundy Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:58:00 GMT A handy new guide to the use of the new EU organic logo is now available from IFOAM. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/411/ifoam-launch-new-eu-organic-logo-guide pmundy Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:50:00 GMT The Food for Life Partnership has just been nominated for the National Lottery Awards 2010 and needs your vote to make it through to the final round. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/403/the-food-for-life-partnership-needs-your-vote pmundy Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:15:00 GMT Shoppers rate ethical and environmental considerations as more important than price when choosing their supermarket, according to new research. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/402/ethics-more-important-than-price-claims-shopper-poll Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:15:00 GMT Soil Association Scotland is hoping to promote Scotland's finest organic products at its stand at the Roal Highland Show on 24-27 June 2010. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/392/promoting-scotlands-finest-at-the-royal-highland-show pmundy Tue, 25 May 2010 13:36:00 GMT New requirements on the use of the new EU organic logo on packaging materials could have “serious repercussions for the organic sector”, warns the IFOAM EU Group. http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/310/organic-packaging-concerns pmundy Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:14:00 GMT Date : Wednesday 3 February & Thursday 4 February 2010 Location : The Custard Factory, Birmingham http://www.soilassociation.org/news/newsstory/articleid/230/soil-association-conference-2010-last-few-tickets-available pmundy Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:22:00 GMT