ORGANIC SUMMIT 2025

How to achieve 25 percent organics in the EU by 2030 - 18-19 August 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark

Organic Summit 2025 is a unique event hosted by several Danish Stakeholders: The Danish Agriculture and Food Council, Organic Denmark, The Danish Food and Drink Federation, The City of Copenhagen and The Royal Danish Library

 

The whole programme is structured around the three themes:

  • Farming (soil, plants and animals)
  • Industry (processing)
  • Market (retail, wholesale, catering, restaurants, public procurement)

 

Official language at The Organic Summit is English.

 

PLENARY PROGRAMME

- PRELIMINARY

 

MONDAY 18 AUGUST

OPENING
9.00 – 9.30

Welcome on behalf of the hosts:

  • Connie Hedegaard, former Danish EU Climate Commissioner and Peter Sisseck, Winemaker and Forester

Official welcome:

  • Lars Weiss, Lord Mayor, City of Copenhagen

  • Video message from Christophe Hansen - EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food

  • Presentation of The Summit Charter

  • Philip Lymbery, CEO Compassion in World Farming – How Organics can contribute to a fair and sustainable food system

HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL PANEL
9.30 – 10.45

How to achieve 25 percent organics in the EU by 2030

  • EU-representative – DG Agri (tbc)

  • Rasmus Prehn, CEO Organic Denmark

  • IFOAM - Jan Plagge, Chairman IFOAM Organics Europe​

  • Søren Søndergaard, Chairman, Danish Agriculture and Food Council​

  • Ms. Chellie Pingree (D), Member of US Congress and organic farmer (tbc)

 

Moderator: Connie Hedegaard, former EU Commissioner for Climate​

 

Artistic presentation

FIRST BREAKOUT SESSION
11.15 – 12.30

Farming

  • Presentations​

  • Dilemmas​

  • Discussion​

  • Recommendations

 

Industry

  • Presentations​

  • Dilemmas​

  • Discussion​

  • Recommendations

 

Market

  • Presentations​

  • Dilemmas​

  • Discussion​

  • Recommendations

 

LUNCH
12.30 - 13.30 

WHY ORGANICS – THE CASE FOR ORGANIC FOOD AND FARMING

13.30 – 14.45

WHY Organics - the case for organic food and farming

What are the common goods created by organic methods

 

  • Climate – resilience and carbon economy – Marie Trydeman Knudsen, University of Aarhus​

  • Biodiversity - Pascale Bonzom, IUCN ​

  • Soils and the aquatic environment - Christine Watson, SRUC​

  • Animal Welfare – Philip Lymbery, CEO Compassion in World Farming ​

  • Food quality and public health – Anna Lappé, Global Alliance for the Future of Food ​

  • Certification and trust – Amaia Aldana, Technical Director, IOAS​

 

Moderator: Eduardo Cuocu, Director IFOAM Organics Europe​

​

 

COFFEE BREAK
14.45 - 15.15
 

SECOND BREAKOUT SESSION
15.15 - 16.15

Farming

  • Presentations​

  • Dilemmas​

  • Discussion​

  • Recommendations

 

Industry

  • Presentations​

  • Dilemmas​

  • Discussion​

  • Recommendations

 

Market

  • Presentations​

  • Dilemmas​

  • Discussion​

  • Recommendations
 

16.15 - 16.45

  

Plenary 

  • Presentation from the breakout sessions in relation to the charter
 

ORGANICS HOW TO SCALE AND FINANCE
16.45 – 18.00

Organic how to scale and finance

How does organic farming fit into strategies of developing a more sustainable future

​

  • FAO - Ronnie Brathwaite, Senior Agriculture Officer, PhD, Plant Production and Protection Division​

  • World Bank - Esben Lunde Larsen, Senior Agricultural Specialist ​

  • World Resources Institute - Dr. Robert Mbeche, Director, Food Programme ​

  • UN Foundation - Lasse Bruun, Director, Climate & Food​

  • MEP, tbc​

  • Novo Nordisk Foundation - Claus Felby, Vice President, Biotech ​

  • Arla - CEO Peder Tuborgh​

 

Moderator: Ms. Ditte Brasso Sørensen, Senior Analyst and Deputy Director at Think Tank EUROPA
 

RECEPTION THE BLACK DIAMOND
18.30 – 20.30

  • Jeppe Bruus – Danish Minister for Green Transition. ​

  • Organic Agriculture – Paving the Way for a Historic Land Use Transformation​

  • Renate Künast, Former German Minister for Agriculture – ​A View of Organic Policies in Europe over the last three decades

 

TUESDAY 19 AUGUST

ORGANIC AT ITS BEST
9.00 – 10.15

Organic at its best

Brilliant european cases from the whole value chain

 

  • Dominio de Pingus – Peter Sisseck, Danish/Spanish organic and biodynamic winegrower​

  • Moschos Dairy Farm – Thomas Moschos, Kastoria, Greece, Winner EU Organic Awards (tbc)​

  • Girolomoni – Organic Cooperative, Italy, Online Pasta, Winner EU Organic Awards (tbc)​

  • City of Copenhagen, Public Procurement – Betina Bergman, Public Food Procurement Expert & Team Lead for Strategic Procurement and Food

 

Moderators: Hans Erik Jørgensen, chairperson Organic Section, The Danish Agriculture and Food Council ​and Michael Kjerkegaard, chairperson Organic Denmark

BREAKOUT INTRODUCTION
10.15 – 10.30

Introduction to the break out sessions

COFFEE
10.30 – 11.00

FIRST BREAKOUT SESSION
11.00 – 12.30

Farming

  • Presentations​

  • Dilemmas​

  • Discussion​

  • Recommendations

 

Industry

  • Presentations​

  • Dilemmas​

  • Discussion​

  • Recommendations

 

Market

  • Presentations​

  • Dilemmas​

  • Discussion​

  • Recommendations

LUNCH
12.30 – 13.30

THE DANISH ORGANIC EXPERIENCE
13.30 - 14.45

Farming

  • ​How have the farmers been motivated and assisted in turning and staying organic, Kirsten Holst, ICOEL ​

  • Organic farming as a strategic tool to ensure environmental benefits, Maria Reumert Gjerding, President, The Danish Society for Nature Conservation

​

Industry

  • ​Organic produce in the production chain for 35 years

​

Market

  • ​The Danish State Label  – how the development of organic food and farming has benefitted from the strong public-private partnership Kirsten Lund Jensen, CEO , Organic Section, The Danish Agriculture and Food Council​

  • The Organic Cuisine Label - Carmen Calverly, The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration​

  • The story of how Denmark became a leading organic gastronomic nation – Claus Mayer, Cook and entrepreneur​

  • Retail – how have we achieved a 15 percent organic share in the marketplace, Richo Boss, CEO Meny 

​

Moderator TBA
SECOND BREAKOUT SESSION

14.45 - 16.00

Farming

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)​. How to increase its value for organics

 

  • Presentations

  • Dilemmas

  • Discussion

  • Recommendations

 

Industry

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)​. How to increase its value for organics

 

  • Presentations

  • Dilemmas

  • Discussion

  • Recommendations

 

Market

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)​. How to increase its value for organics

 

  • Presentations

  • Dilemmas

  • Discussion

  • Recommendations
CLOSING SESSION

16.15 - 17.30

  • Artistic presentation ​

  • Presentation charter ​

  • The Danish Minister of Agriculture, Jacob Jensen, receives The Organic Summit charter ​

  • Closing speech by Gunhild Stordalen, EAT Foundation, Norway
DINNER BY THE HARBOUR

18.00 - 21.00

(Not part of the official program)

 

 

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