2022 European Organic Congress

Bordeaux, France

A More Organic Future: On the road to achieving the EU Green Deal

• How EU policies can enable the ambitious and achievable targets • Realizing the Farm to Fork & Biodiversity strategies’ targets • Organic as part of the solution: Farming, purchasing & digitalizing • Reviewing the organic market with showcases

The European Organic Congress 2022 took place physically in Bordeaux, France, on 16-17 June 2022.
This year’s edition aimed to propel the discussion on how the organic movement is heading for the 25% organic target and the EU Green Deal. The congress participants engaged in novel initiatives in sustainability labelling and how organic takes part in this development. The programme also deep-dived into the first 6 months of EU Organic regulation 2018/848, the details on the regulation are available on the Commission’s website, our website and in our regulation guidelines.
As part of the interactive sessions, participants discussed how the organic supply chain is resilient and should remain so in light of the recent crises; that the organic sector needs to be more active in co-creating solutions reflecting the needs of agroecological practices in light of digitalising agriculture; and that organic offers many solutions in the fight against climate change. The European organic movement expressed its solidarity with the Ukrainian organic movement and welcomed the Ukrainian organic movement to talk about the impact of the war in Ukraine on organic production and the supply chain. 

EOC2022 programme, presentations & recordings

DAY ONE

DAY ONE / PREMIER JOUR

Opening speech / Discours d’ouverture (VIDEO)

  • Pierre Hurmic – Mayor of Bordeaux
  • Jan Plagge – President, IFOAM Organics Europe
  • Philippe Lassalle St-Jean – President, Interbio Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Plenary: CAP’s contributions to the Organic Action Plan: on the way to the 25% target / Session plénière : Comment la PAC peut-elle contribuer à l’objectif de 25% de surfaces biologiques en 2030 dans l’Union Européenne ? (VIDEO)

  • Pierre Bascou – Director Sustainability, Directorate-General Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), European Commission
  • Benoit Biteau – Member of the European Parliament, the Greens/ EFA group
  • Philippe Camburet – President, La Fédération d’Agriculture Biologique (FNAB)
  • Nic Lampkin – Organic Policy Consultant
  • Jan Plagge – President, IFOAM Organics Europe

Plenary: The role of organic in sustainability labelling / Séance plénière : Prise en compte de la bio dans l’étiquetage environnemental (VIDEO)

Reviewing the first 6 months of EU Organic Regulation / Résultats des 6 premiers mois de mise en œuvre du nouveau règlement bio européen 2018/848 (VIDEO)

The organic market – a review told from the perspectives of France and Sweden / Le marché de la bio : vision croisée des situations en France et en Suède (VIDEO)

  • Charlotte Bladh André – CEO, Organic Sweden
  • Pierrick de Ronne – President, Maison de la Bio / BioCoop
  • Laure Verdeau – Director, Agence Bio

Closing statement / Clôture du premier jour (VIDEO)

  • Alain Rousset – President, Région Nouvelle Aquitaine

DAY 2

DAY TWO / DEUXIÈME JOUR

Parallel sessions / Séances parallèles

Session 1: Improving, inspiring & delivering: The organic supply chain / Séance 1:  Améliorer, inspirer et structurer : chaîne de valeur et d’approvisionnement (VIDEO)

Session 2:  Digitalization aiding the organics sector: An expert insight / Séance 2:  Comment le numérique peut-il aider le secteur des produits biologiques: point de vue d’expert (VIDEO)

Session 3: Workshop: The pilot network of climate positive organic holdings / Séance 3: Le réseau pilote de fermes biologiques à impact positif pour le climat (VIDEO NOT AVAILABLE)

Opening speech / Discours d’ouverture du second jour (VIDEO)

  • Patrick Papadato – Vice President, Bordeaux Métropole

Carbon farming: Organic farmers as part of the solution for climate change & biodiversity / L’agriculture biologique, comme partie intégrante de la solution face au changement climatique et en faveur de la biodiversité (VIDEO)

Speech Director of Agence de l’eau Adour-Garonne / Intervention Directeur Agence de l’eau Adour-Garonne 

  • Guillaume Choisy – Director, Agence de l’eau Adour-Garonne

Speech President of Gironde departmental council / Intervention Président département de Gironde (VIDEO)

  • Jean-Luc Gleyze – President, Gironde Departmental Council

Pesticide use and contamination: How EU policies can help organic operators / Utilisation des pesticides et contamination : comment les politiques de l’Union Européenne peuvent soutenir les acteurs de la Bio ? (VIDEO)

Keynote: The health benefits of organic farming / Les bénéfices de l’agriculture biologique sur la santé (VIDEO)

Closing statement / Discours de Clôture (VIDEO)

  • Jan Plagge – President, IFOAM Organics Europe

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