The consumption of organic food in Europe is growing, reported Stoyko Apostolov from the BioSelena Foundation following a meeting of the IFOAM Organics Europe council. The meeting included representatives from almost all EU member states, as well as from the United Kingdom and Ukraine. Read more: Two new crop groups are added to organic plant cultivation According to the presented analyses, trends in the sector vary significantly by country. In some countries – such as Austria, France, Finland, and the Netherlands – the number of organic farms is slightly decreasing or growing more slowly. Despite this, the consumption of organic products continues to increase, mainly due to imports. In other regions, the situation is stable, with steady, albeit moderate, growth in both organic production and demand. Examples include Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, and certain parts of Spain. There is also a group of countries where the production of organic products is growing significantly, but ...