Organic Marketing Forum 2012 International organic meeting and exhibition
7-9 May, 2012
r Warsaw
The 7th International Meeting on Processing and Marketing of Organic Food and Non-Food Products and Raw Materials (OMF) will open its doors in Warsaw from 7-9 May. OMF is the leading event for the organic industry of Central and Eastern Europe, and continues to attract representatives of organic companies, experts and other key players from more than 30 CEE countries, as well as Western European countries. This year OMF - already well recognised in the European Bio-Calendar will present a one-day exhibition for organic food and non-food products CEEQORCPKGF D[ RTCEVKECN YQTMUJQRU CPF RTGUGPVCVKQPU (QT VJG ƂTUV VKOG p$KQ(CEJ 0WTGODGTIq YKNN DG CP QHƂEKCN RCTVPGT QH 1/( Udo Funke from “NürnbergMesse”, the organiser of the fairs “BioFach” and “Vivaness” said: “As the world’s leading organic fair we care about further successful development of the growing organic markets worldwide. Central and Eastern Europe is gaining in importance in the whole organic market. That’s why we are pleased about this cooperation with EkoConnect and are looking forward to further collaboration, which supports development of the organic sector both in Central and Eastern Europe and worldwide.“ Bernhard Jansen, the chairman of “EkoConnect – International Centre for Organic Agriculture of Central and Eastern Europe”, which is the main organiser of OMF, also points out the positive development trends: "Organic markets in Eastern Europe are currently experiencing the fastest growth in the whole organic sector in Europe and are expected to play a more important role in the future. We are glad about the new partnership with “BioFach”; it helps us to offer even higher quality business contacts and information to the main players in the organic sales and purchase markets of Central and Eastern Europe.“ Besides “BioFach”, the other partners of OMF 2012 are the Producers Association “Polska Ekologia“, the Organic Farming Association „Ekoland“, the Polish Advisory Centre CDR and the Organic Retailers Association. The forum is under the patronage of the IFOAM EU Group and the Polish Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development.
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