08 May 2013
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... |
26 April 2013
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... |
08 April 2013
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 ... |
20 March 2013
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... |
06 March 2013
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. |
15 January 2013
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. |
09 January 2013
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. |
08 January 2013
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. |
19 December 2012
We are consulting on three areas of the Food for Life Catering Mark standards |
07 November 2012
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. |
07 November 2012
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... |
22 October 2012
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. |
26 September 2012
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… |
21 September 2012
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 ... |
19 September 2012
Don’t miss this important news story on the BBC’s Today programme which vividly illustrates the case against GM crops. |
05 September 2012
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 ... |
04 September 2012
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... |
01 June 2012
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... |
30 May 2012
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... |
13 March 2012
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... |
09 March 2012
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... |
01 March 2012
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... |
29 November 2011
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... |
23 November 2011
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... |
21 November 2011
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... |
10 October 2011
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... |
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13 June 2011
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. |
16 May 2011
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. |
15 April 2011
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. |
22 February 2011
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. |
14 February 2011
We are looking to appoint a chair for our Processing Standards Committee. |
14 February 2011
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. |
14 February 2011
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... |
07 January 2011
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. |
16 December 2010
Our 2011 conference offers three comprehensive trade elements which will be of interest to any business operating in the organic market. |
30 September 2010
This year the key slogan for our Organic Fortnight was “Choose organic every day”, positioning organic products as an accessible, affordable everyday choice. |
10 September 2010
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.... |
06 September 2010
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. |
29 July 2010
The BBC Radio 4's Food and Farming Awards are now open for nominations. |
16 June 2010
A handy new guide to the use of the new EU organic logo is now available from IFOAM. |
09 June 2010
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. |
09 June 2010
Shoppers rate ethical and environmental considerations as more important than price when choosing their supermarket, according to new research. |
25 May 2010
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. |
25 February 2010
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. |
29 January 2010
Date : Wednesday 3 February & Thursday 4 February 2010 Location : The Custard Factory, Birmingham |