Organic Worldwide

Agenda

Feb 15-18Biofach 2012
World organic trade fair Germany, Nürnberg
Apr 12-154th International organic conference for C/O Europe and central Asia
Izmir, Turkey
Apr 17-186th European Organic Congress
Smart change - towards a sustainable CAP; Organic and high nature value farming shaping future food systems Copenhagen, Denmark
May 7-9Organic Marketing Forum
Meeting for the organic market sector and major exhibition in Central and Eastern Europe. Subject: "With Transparency and Credibility to new Customers" Warsaw, Poland


Announcements

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Job & internship offers

Researcher Food Industry – Power Analysis (Amsterdam office)
Position
As a Researcher Food Industry you will research relevant data on the food and beverage industry, with a focus on power within the food industry. Netherlands Language required: English / Deadline application: unknown

Researcher Land of Promise Project
Function
As a Researcher for the Land of Promise project you will either create reports on some of the major problems and/or major companies within the pineapple industry as they relate to issues included in Fairfood’s Sustainability Agenda (FSA). As part of your research you will also identify and contact experts in the field to get information and feedback from them. Netherlands Language required: English / Deadline application: unknown

Project Assistant Internship (2x)- UTZ
For the worldwide implementation of the new UTZ traceability system, the “Good Inside Portal”, we are looking for 2 motivated and eager-to-learn students to join our young and dynamic team in Amsterdam for 4-6 months, starting February/March 2012.

  Netherlands Language required: English / Deadline application: unknown


Wageningen University sandwich-PhD for research on ‘Future trends in palm oil production and ecosystem services supply - an integrated assessment’ [PhD 8]
Netherlands Language required: English / Deadline application: unknown

Wageningen University Advertisement for sandwich-PhD for research on ‘Improving the sustainability of palm oil production chains:
Wageningen University
Advertisement for sandwich-PhD for research on ‘Improving the sustainability of palm oil production chains: integrating landscape and sector analyses’ [PhD 4] Netherlands Language required: English / Deadline application: unknown

Fairtrade Africa JOB TITLE: MONITORING AND EVALUATION MANAGER
TEAM: Policy and Advocacy JOB FAMILY: Programmes
CATEGORY: National/ International LOCATION: Kenya

FAIRTRADE AFRICA PURPOSE: To improve the socio-economic conditions of African producers through increased access to better trading conditions. Kenya Language required: English / Deadline application: unknown


Junior Agronoom
Als junior agronoom ben je mede verantwoordelijk voor een continue verbetering van de kwaliteit van de aardappelen. Netherlands/Belgium Language required: Dutch, English / Deadline application: unknown

Internship and/or thesis: product development and marketing for an organic farm and macro-distillery
Request for a master student interested in product development and marketing for an organic farm and macro-distillery in Wales Wales, UK Language required: English / Deadline application: Feb 15th

(Junior) Onderzoeker Agrobiodiversiteit (80%)
Louis Bolk Instituut Driebergen, netherlands Language required: Dutch, English, German / Deadline application: Feb 20th

BIODIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT - Internship
The intern will contribute to the substantive work of the Secretariat in advancing implementation of the Programme of Work on Biodiversity for Development. The intern will assist the programme to prepare different side-events and high level meetings of the next Conference of the Parties (COP) in India (October 2011) and to develop tools and facilities for capacity development. Canada Language required: English / Deadline application: Feb 21st

Manager Advocacy Eastern Europe Based in Berlin, Germany for Fairfood International
Fairfood International is a global movement of people passionate about transforming the food industry. Together, we encourage more than 2500 companies in over 76 countries worldwide to make their food and beverage products sustainable. Germany Language required: English / Deadline application: Feb 22nd

Fair & Sustainable Advisory Services
Fair & Sustainable Advisory Services is a Dutch consultancy company that advises the private sector and development organizations about sustainable economic development in developing countries. We serve our clients through our office in the Netherlands, but we also have branches in Ethiopia and in Mali. Ethiopia Language required: English / Deadline application: Feb 28th

Organic Wageningen

Agenda

Feb 23Colloquium Tamilarasi Eswaramurthy: Effects of conventional and non-inversion tillage systems on earthworm dynamics and diversity under organic and conventional systems
9 AM, Room 2, Atlas
Feb 29Coming together for all MOA students
17:30
April 11MOA cafe
location and topic: unknown yet
June 6MOA cafe
location and topic: unknown yet
July 4MOA cafe
location and topic: unknown yet


Announcements

NRG battle
StEL is asked to organize a group of students who would like to take part in the 'NRG battle' and think about sustainable energy solutions. Maybe you can get ECTS for it. If you are interested, contact StEL. Language:

Course in period 6: Principles and Development of Organic Animal Production (BFS 50806)
It's really nice.. Language: English


Relevant links

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Recent publications

Traditional use of herbs for treatment of farm animals by organic farmers in three Swiss cantons. Walkenhorst, M.; Hamburger, M.; Ivemeyer, S. and Schmid, K. (2011) (2012)
In:  Download

Epigenetics and organic plant breeding Messmer, Monika (2011) Epigenetics and organic plant breeding. In: Lammerst van Bueren, E.T.; Messmer, M.M.; Spiegel, A.-K. and Wilbois, K.-P. (2012)
Proceedings of the ECO-PB 10 year's Anniversary Conference, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL), Frankfurt, Germany, pp. 20-21. In:  Download

Consumer attitudes towards organic versus conventional food with specific quality attributes Stolz, H.; Stolze, M.; Hamm, U.; Janssen, M. and Ruto, E. (2012)
Consumer attitudes towards organic versus conventional food with specific quality attributes. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 58 (3-4), pp. 67-72. In:  Download


Recently added links

Global Organic Cotton Community Platform
In English, French, German, Spanish

FiBL - international organic research institute
In English, French, German, Italian

Organic Jobs
Advertising jobs in the organic and (in fact mainly) natural sectors. Strong UK focussed. In English

World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms
In English

European organic address databases
In English

Orgprints - database of organic literature
In English, German

SÖL: Organic Traineeships in Germany
In German

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