Conference - Where is the Organic Sector going?
OPTA and The GREENS/EFA invite
WHERE IS THE ORGANIC SECTOR GOING?
Sustainable organic food systems can provide food for the world. How to facilitate the transfer of the current system into a
sustainable organic food system by ensuring organic integrity is the task of this workshop
Tuesday, Nov 19th 2019 starting at 14h
Permanent Representation of Hessen
21, Rue Montoyer, 1000 Brussels.
PROGRAM
14:00 Welcome
Benedetta Merlo, Association Manager, OPTA EU
14:10 Workshop introduction and Greetings
Mr. Martin Häusling, introduction and welcome from the EP
Mr. Norbert Lins, Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
14:30 Session 1: The 100% Organic approach
Moderation: Ms Benedetta Merlo, OPTA EU
Impulse: Towards a sustainable European food system by 2050: options for upscaling agroecology and pesticide-free agriculture across Europe
Pierre- Marie Aubert, IDDRI
Impluse: Societal and Ecological Values created by Organic Farming
Adrian Bebb, Friends of the Earth Europe
Impulse: Organic as a disruptive pioneer of established Food Systems - How Smallholder Farmers both feed the world and create social stability
Ronald Van Marlen, General Manager NANA BIO, Organic Production
16:30 coffee break
17:00 Session 2: Organic Reliability. How to ensure Organic Integrity
Moderation: Mr Hannes Lorenzen
Impulse: Fraud cases in Organic, a Commission Perspective
Elena Panichi, Organic Unit of DG Agri
Impulse: How can control bodies help in preventing fraud?
Jan Wichert, Skal
Impulse: How to take responsibility in the organic food chain
Alexander Beck, AOEL
Impulse: Consumer’s perspective
Carola Strassner, Munster University
18:30 Summing Up
Benedetta Merlo, Association Manager, OPTA EU
18:45 End of the Workshop Session
Reception