OPTA

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN

OUR VISION

The leading organic industry part of OPTA is convinced that organic food and farming is the solution for the urgent need of a total transition in food systems in the coming decades to safeguard our planet and healthy food supply in the future.

SUSTAINABILITY

Organic food and farming system are resilient, organic agriculture inspire change.

HEALTHY PRODUCTS

Organic farming contributes to deliver healthy diet and sustainable diets.

ALTERNATIVE STRATEGY

Organic farming is a new business model : health for the people, sustainable for the earth.

NEWS

Common Agriculture Policy

Forget the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP); it’s the market that will drive organic forward!

The transition goals of the EU to become climate neutral in 2050 has faced

Farm to Fork

SAVE THE DATE_ OPTA EU FARM TO FORK WEBINAR

OPTA EU will organize a webinar with a special focus on the Farm to

Farm to Fork

FARM TO FORK Action Plan

OPTA Farm to Fork Action plan for a successful transition to 25% organic in

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11.9

MILLION - CERTIFIED ORGANIC HECTARES IN EU

295.600

REGISTERED ORGANIC PRODUCERS IN EU

27

BILLION EUROS - VALUE COMMUNITY MARKET

125 %

TREND Compared to 10 years ago

2 X

organic farms are on average almost twice as big as coventional farms

7 %

organic land out of total EU farmaland in 2017

+70 %

organic area in Europe over the last 10 years

250000

almost - organic farms in the EU in 2016

34.3 billion

EU organic retail sales in 2017 - 2° largest consumer in the world

3.3 million t

of organic agri-food products were imported in 2018

MEMBERS

A regular member of the Association can be a company based in Europe and dealing with the processing and trading of organic food in Europe and supporting the purpose and objectives of the Association.

SUPPORTING ASSOCIATIONS

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