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Join FQH at BIOFACH 2025: Explore the Link Between Organic Production, Consumption and Human Health!

We invite you to a thought-provoking session, where leading experts will share the latest research findings and insights into how organic production impacts health. The discussions will cover the impact of regular consumption of organic food on the health of consumers, the health indicators in children receiving organic school meals, and in vitro studies showing the effect of organic fruit on cancer cell lines.

Date: Thursday, February 13, 2025
Time: 15:15–16:30 (75 minutes)
Location: Room Oslo, Forum Science

Meet Our Esteemed Speakers:

Dr. Jasmin Peschke, Goetheanum, Switzerland, Presentation: “Properties of Food Systems Needed for Sustainable Development”
Dr. Thomas Van Elsen, Kassel University, Germany, Presentation: “Social and Ecological Inclusion as Perspectives for Organic Farming”
PhD candidate Lisa M. Rahier, FH Münster, Germany, Presentation: “Processing of Organic Food: Consumer Perspectives”
Prof. Ewa Rembialkowska, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland, Presentation: “Pesticide Residues in Fruit Growers’ Urine in Poland”

The session will be moderated by Jostein Hertwig, with an introduction by Carola Strassner, to guide the discussion and encourage audience engagement.

There will be common discussion at the end of the session where participants can exchange ideas and perspectives.

This is your chance to connect with experts, discover new research, and engage in meaningful conversations about the future of organic food and health.

We look forward to meeting you at BIOFACH 2025!

3rd International Biodynamic Research Conference "The whole and its parts" Researching biodynamic agriculture

Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester, United Kingdom, 31 August - 4 September 2025

We are pleased to announce the 3rd International Biodynamic Research Conference of the Goetheanum Section for Agriculture Switzerland, titled "The Whole and its Parts: Researching Biodynamic Agriculture and Nutrition," scheduled from August 31 to September 4, 2025, at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester, United Kingdom.

This conference will focus on the holistic perspective of biodynamic food and farming research, emphasizing its unique ability to connect different fields, disciplines, and research methods. It aims to provide a forum for knowledge transfer, mutual learning, and networking, opening up new perspectives in research.

Researchers from all scientific disciplines are invited to contribute, with a special invitation for inter- and transdisciplinary study approaches, as well as on-farm and practitioner's research. Contributions can be presented in various formats, including lectures, poster sessions, workshops, or other forms of co-creative work. Proposals can be submitted until March 1, 2025.

For detailed information on the call for contributions and submission guidelines, please visit the official conference website: https://www.biodynamic-research.org/
We look forward to your participation in advancing the sustainable transformation of food and farming through biodynamic research.

We invite you to Join the Nordic-Baltic Food Systems Conference and Policy Forum

Date: 26-28 May 2025
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Topic: Challenging Intersections: Securing Sustainable Food Systems in Turbulent Times
Call for Papers: Open until 31st January 2025. Learn more and submit your paper here: nordicagriresearch.org/conference-challenging-intersections/

Food systems face pressing challenges – from climate change and biodiversity loss to geopolitical tensions impacting food security. This 1st Nordic-Baltic Food Systems Conference and Policy Forum, hosted by the Nordic-Baltic Network of Transdisciplinary Food Systems Research (NFN), brings together researchers, policymakers, and food system actors to tackle these critical issues.

Join us at the BIOFACH 2024

In 2024 FQH turns 21! Celebrate this birthday with us on Thursday, 15th February. We welcome you in Room LISSABON between trade fair opening at 9 am and throughout the morning until 1 pm.

At 10 am we hold our General Assembly,
At 11 am we host a Science News Session, and
At 12:00 it’s time for some Birthday Cake and relaxed exchange.

Our Science News Session presents

Martina Bavec & Martina Robacer, Maribor University, Slovenia: Understanding local and organic food among consumers
Lilliana Stefanovic, Kassel University, Germany: Organic consumers in North Hessia: Insights from the SysOrg project
Solenne Jourdren, ITAB, France: Why is organic farming good for your health?
Ewa Rembiałkowska, Warsaw University, Poland: The relationship between diet, quality of life, and environmental awareness in organic fruit producers

Download the programme PDF for easy reference during your BIOFACH 2024 visit.
Programme

Join us for the virtual side event on 24th April 2023

Our initiative OFSP is organising a 90-minute session “Transforming territories: The approach of Organic Districts as living laboratories for inclusive sustainable food systems”. This is part of the 4th global conference of the One Planet network's Sustainable Food Systems Programme “The Transformation We Need - Emerging from global crises by shaping sustainable, resilient, healthy, and inclusive food systems” 24th – 27th April 2023 in Ha Noi, Viet Nam & online.

Register online to Join us
https://organicfoodsystem.net/portfolio/upcoming-virtual-event-4th-global-conference-of-the-sfs-programme/

About the virtual side event

Sustainability begins from home and moves outward. We share with you how Organic Districts transform food systems locally when multiple actors enter into an agreement for the sustainable management of local resources and realise the economic and sociocultural potential of the territory and its communities based on organic principles and practices. Transformation at territorial level, with sustainable communities linking together is the mindset and dynamic action that we need around the world right now.
As part of the 4th Global Conference of the SFSP, this virtual side event invites you to hear evidence from the four corners of policy, science, training, and practice, as well as see snapshots from diverse bio-districts in the Philippines, Tunisia, Argentina, Mediterranean and Nordic countries.

Invited speakers:

Eric Gall, IFOAM EU
Denis Lairon, INSERM
Carola Strassner, FQH
Patricia Flores, IFOAM OI Academy
Salvatore Basile, IN.N.E.R.
Jostein Hertwig, BERAS International
Edmundo Soffritti, GAOD
Aina Rogers, SEAE
Armindo Jacinto, Mayor of Idanha a Nova
Juan Pablo Sciurano, Sustainable development consultant
Samia Maamer, Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture
Victor Tagupa, LOAMCP of the Philippines
Lilliana Stefanovic, University of Kassel

Moderators:

David Gould, OFSP Steering Committee
Jennifer Chang, IFOAM Asia

Meet us at the BIOFACH 2023

Meet us at the BIOFACH 2023 - the trade fair for organic food - at the Exhibition Centre in Nuremberg, Germany from Tuesday, 14th until Friday, 17th February.

We are delighted that in 2023 we can once again meet in person at the BIOFACH Trade Fair in Nuremberg, Germany. It is here that we will have our FQH General Assembly. Members and guests are invited to this annual occasion which takes place on Thursday February 16th 2023, 11:30 – 12:30 in Room RIGA, NCC Ost Congress Centre of the Nuremberg Fair.
FQH GA 2023 Agenda