Finalists unveiled for the 2023 EU Organic Awards
The three best projects have been selected for each of the 8 individual awards, with a total of 24 finalists from 11. The finalists were selected from a pool of close to 100 applications from all over Europe, with a higher presence of Central European and Baltic entries compared to last year. The winners will be announced at the official award ceremony to be held in Brussels on 25 September.
The EU Organic Awards were first launched in 2022 as part of a commitment made in the Action Plan for the Development of Organic Production with the objective of recognising excellence all along the organic value chain, from farmers to restaurants, from SMEs to bio-districts. Building on last year’s experience, the EU organic awards scheme comprises 7 categories and 8 individual awards. They acknowledge excellent, innovative, sustainable and inspiring projects producing real added value for organic production and consumption.
The awards are jointly organised by the European Commission, the European Economic and Social Committee, the European Committee of the Regions, COPA-COGECA and IFOAM Organics Europe. The jury for the awards is composed of representatives from these organisations, as well as from the European Parliament and the Council of the EU.
The awards competition is open to any actor or institution along the organic value chain with an excellent, innovative, sustainable and replicable project contributing to greater accessibility and affordability of organic products in the EU. The jury selects the winners in each category by judging their projects against the horizontal award criteria.
The finalists in each category are as follows:
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
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