The European Commission today said it would expand financial and policy support to help achieve a goal for 25% of Europe’s farmland to be organic by 2030.
Organic farmland, has expanded by more than 60% over the last decade in Europe, to nearly 9% of the bloc’s agricultural area.
The Commission outlined plans to speed up this expansion and stir demand for organic products also to eliminate net emissions by 2050.
The EU will spend 49 million euros ($57.94 million) on promoting organic products this year, 27% of its total budget for promoting EU agricultural products at home and abroad.
The Commission said the EU’s farming subsidy programme, which is being reformed, will offer farmers 38-58 billion euros over 2023-2027 for eco-schemes, including organic production.
The EU is developing mandatory sustainability requirements for the public procurement of food, which could integrate organic products into school meals or public canteens.
