European Organic Awards 2023

What are the European Organic Awards?

The annual European Organic Awards are dedicated to rewarding European actors who greatly contribute to enhancing, developing, and stimulating the organic value chain. Aimed to reward European organic excellence, the EU organic awards scheme comprises 7 categories and 8 awards:

• Best organic farmer (female and male)
• Best organic city
• Best organic region
• Best organic bio-district
• Best organic food processing SME
• Best organic food retailer
• Best organic restaurant / food service

The 24 finalists of the EU Organic Awards 2023 have been announced on 18 July and are:

Best organic farmer (female)

• Małgorzata Pucer (Pasiekapucer) – Barciany, Poland
• Céline Clenet (La Casseline) – Cassel, France
• Clara Benito Pacheco (Entrelobas) – Serrada de la Fuente, Spain

Best organic farmer (male)

• Roberto Giadone (Natura Iblea) – Ispica, Sicily, Italy
• Thomas Moschos (Moschos Farm) – Kastoria, Greece
• Mikhaylo Haliv (Tomelloso) – Ciudad Real, Spain

Best organic region

• Dordogne, France
• Centre-Val de Loire, France
• Burgenland, Austria

Best organic city

• BioStadt Bremen, Germany
• Hajdúnánás, Hungary
• Stadt Wien, Austria

Best organic “bio-district”

• Bio Região de S. Pedro do Sul, Viseu district, Portugal
• Idanha-a-Nova, Beira Baixa, Portugal
• Biodistretto della Via Amerina e delle Forre, Civita Castellana, Italy

Best organic food processing SME

• Fürstenhof GmbH – Finkenthal, Germany
• The Merry Mill – Vicarstown, County Laois, Ireland
• Ekološka kmetija Kukenberger – Trebnje, Slovenia

Best organic food retailer

• Valle y Vega Cooperativa Agroecológica de Granada – Churriana de la Vega, Andalucia, Spain
• Gut Wulksfelde– Tangstedt, Hamburg, Germany
• NaturaSì Conegliano – Conegliano, Veneto, Italy

Best organic restaurant/food service

• Luftburg – Kolariks Freizeitbetriebe GmbH – Vienna, Austria
• Trnulja Country Estate – Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Biohotel St. Daniel – Štanjel, Slovenia

This year’s awards will be awarded on 25 September 2023, two days after EU Organic Day (23 September).

You can see impressions of last year’s awards ceremony in this album and on all social media platforms using #EUOrganic and #EUOrganicAwards. Check out who won on last year’s dedicated page.

The awards are jointly organised in the European spirit by the European Commission, the European Economic and Social Committee, the European Committee of the Regions, IFOAM Organics Europe and COPA-COGECA.

Why EU awards for organic food and farming?

Making an impact…

Organic food and farming have direct positive effects on our climate, the environment, biodiversity, and animal welfare and are rooted in four principles: care, health, ecology and fairness.

In support of this, any increase in organic production contributes to lower use of fertilizers, chemical pesticides, and antimicrobials. Due to the reduced or non-existing input, organic food and farming enhances biodiversity compared to conventionally managed fields. At the same time, organic  sustains the health of soils and plants, building ecological and sustainable cycles whilst reducing the environmental impacts and ensuring fairness with regard to the common environment and life opportunities.

… as recognised in the EU Green Deal & strategies realising it

Organic production has also been identified as playing a key role in the achievement of the objectives of the European Green Deal, the Farm to Fork strategy and the Biodiversity strategy. For this reason, the Commission has defined a target of 25% of EU agricultural land under organic farming by 2030 and a significant increase in organic aquaculture.

Moreover, to stimulate organic production and consumer demand for organic products the Commission has adopted the Action Plan for the Development of Organic Production in March 2021, aiming at increasing public awareness of the characteristics and benefits of organic production.

For this purpose, the Action Plan includes the launch of annual awards recognising excellence in the organic value chain. They aim to reward the best and most innovative organic actors, contributing to the reduction of agriculture’s impact on the environment and climate, and to the achievement of EU Biodiversity and Farm to Fork strategies.

How can I apply?

Applications for the 2023 edition closed on 14 May 2023 23:59:59 CEST.

Application to the EU Organic Awards was open for all projects who developed and implemented, or are still implementing, an excellent, innovative, sustainable and replicable project for organic production in the EU.

Visit the European Commission’s website, for more information about the awards and the different categories.

You checked the Commission’s website but still have questions or inquiries? Contact the organising partners for the category you fall into:

• Best organic farmer (male) [email protected] and best organic farmer (female) [email protected]
• Best organic city, region or bio-district: [email protected]
• Best organic food processing SME, food retailer or restaurant / food service: [email protected]

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This statement is available for each application category in the respective application forms.

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