• In its 2025 yearbook "The World of Organic Agriculture" BIOFACH announces the global organic farming area increases to 99m hectares with 4.3m organic producers. It also identifies the top three largest organic markets in the world as the USA (€59bn), Germany (€16.1bn) and China (€12.6bn) 
• The UK organic market grew by 7.3% in 2024 reaching £3.7bn according to the Soil Association's 2025 "Organic Market Report"
• The UK Government’s abrupt decision to halt new applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) has sparked outrage across the agricultural sector, with both the Soil Association and the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN) warning of severe consequences for organic producers, smaller farms, and sustainable food production.
• The Environmental Working Group in the US reports on test results that show the harmful weed killer glyphosate is more present than some vitamins in samples of popular oat-based breakfast cereals 
• A recent study published by Bio Eco Actual discovered that 60% of children in Spain have traces of diazinon, an illegal pesticide, in their urine samples

Some key dates for the diary in 2025:

• BIOFACH, one of the world's leading trade fairs for organic food, will take place in Nurnberg 11th-14th February 
• Natural & Organic Products Europe, ExCel London 12th-13th May.....see you there!!
• Food and Agriculture Organization World Bee Day is 20th May 
• Natural & Organic Asia is scheduled to take place in Hong Kong 2nd-4th September and is set to welcome 5,000 buyers through its doors reflecting the rising demand for natural and organic products in Asia
• International Organic Day is September 22nd
• Natexpo, the internation​al trade show for organic products is expecting around 900 exhibitors in Paris on 30th Nov-2nd Dec