Organics from all over the country gathered for the second time at the All-Russian Congress

The Second All-Russian Congress of Producers of Organic Products brought together more than 170 participants from 28 regions of RUSSIA, and also received delegations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus. The hall could barely accommodate everyone, which indicates the keen interest of the participants in discussing common tasks, exchanging experiences and establishing cooperation. The organizer of the event, the Union of Organic Farming, celebrated the 10th anniversary of its activities this year.
The conference “Organic products – the foundation of human health” opened the congress, since “health” is one of the four fundamental principles of organic agriculture, along with the principles of ecology, justice and care.
Danilov Alexey Borisovich, DOCTOR of Medical Sciences, HEAD. Department of Nervous Diseases IPO First Moscow State Medical University named after. THEM. Sechenova, Executive DIRECTOR of the Association of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Pirogova Irina Yuryevna, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of General Medical Practice of the People's Friendship University of Russia, Head of the Center for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutritional Sciences of the Michurinsky Medical Center Medsi shared evidence-based medicine on the role of nutrition in the formation and maintenance of HEALTH people, about how chemical pesticides and fertilizers, antibiotics , growth hormones, GMOs, a diet with a predominance of “fast” carbohydrates, lack of consumption of fresh seasonal vegetables and fruits not only worsen human health , but also have a more serious impact, forming diseases, most of which are fatal. These are hypertension, oncology, diabetes, etc. Nutrition is a behavioral risk factor for non-communicable diseases, which we can influence, saving millions of human lives and decades of healthy life.
Organic farming and eating organic products is a concrete way to preserve and develop human health. For their part, producers of organic products used examples to show the difference in the approach to agricultural activities in organic farming and chemical mass production. Each of the organic specialists - Elvira Gudova LLC "Ecofarm Jersey", Sergey Mochalov JSC "Hosta Tea", Vladimir Kovakin LLC "Path of Life" and Svetlana Nesterova LLC "Biotoria" told how you can do without "chemistry" and everything that harms people's health , environment, soil and wildlife. And then the products turn out to be healthy, biologically complete, useful, and production becomes responsible.
At the official part of the congress, the main focus was on two issues. The first is the social, social and economic significance of organic agriculture for Russia, rural development, improving demography, health and the environment. Organic is like a choice of life path and lifestyle. Secondly, how to make money on organic products and what should be a fair threshold for increasing prices . Sergei Korshunov, Chairman of the Board of the Union of Organic Farming, shared his vision of the prospects for the development of organics, limiting factors on the horizon of the next ten years. Pavel Abramov, head of the Black Bread company, discussed the topic of sales, competition, and market capacity. Sergey Kornilov, GC "Continent" conducted an analysis of pricing on the organic market in Germany in comparison with the Saratov region on the one hand and purchasing power in these two countries on the other hand. Ekaterina Evseeva from the Far Eastern Organic Union spoke about the results of the collective stand of Russian organic products at the largest import exhibition in CHINA, the mechanism for entering the Chinese market and the stages of recognition of the Russian organic certificate in the Middle Kingdom.
The participants of the congress were greeted by Sanzhar Sultankulov, Advisor to the Director of the Department of Organic Agriculture of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, as well as Ilya Pampur on behalf of the Kazakhstan Organic Union and the certification body QAZAQ BIO CONTROL.
In the anniversary year of the 10th anniversary of activity, Sergei Korshunov and Nadezhda Stepkina announced the unification of two Unions - the Union of Organic Farming and the National Organic Union. Both unions were formed at the same time, and over time, a logical step was the synergy of efforts in the common cause of developing organic agriculture. The process of transferring participants to the Union of Organic Farming has started and the first to solemnly receive certificates of membership were Agranta LLC and EkoNiva Food Products LLC.
Speakers at the congress included Alexander Chumak, Director of the Department of Sustainable Development Projects of Roskachestvo, Vyacheslav Fedyunin, Director of the Organika Foundation, organic farmers - Oleg Ilyich Zhgun, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Vladimir Epeshin, Organic Farm Vesi, Leningrad Region, farmers who have not yet have been certified and are on their way to organics - Alexey Sadov, project “We Lived and Raised”, Leningrad Region, as well as scientists - Alexander Vaulin, South Ural State Agrarian University. The speakers answered numerous questions from the audience.
An important point in organic production is agricultural technology, therefore, at the congress, Natalya Nebogatykh, Zashchita AgroSoyuz LLC, voiced the collective proposals of the participants of the Organic Farming Union for the development of the market for biological products, biofertilizers, feed additives, and probiotics. As part of the congress, an exhibition of biological products and biofertilizers was held, in which the companies AgroBioTechnology, UniferH International GmbH, Shetelig RUS, Microbox, Primorsky EM Center and NEST-M presented their solutions for bioprotection and bionutrition plants, including those with confirmation for use in organic agriculture.
This year, the Organic Farming Union celebrated the most active participants who have made a great contribution to the development of organics. The organic producers present at the congress received gratitude and memorable badges - Jersey Ecofarm LLC, Vesi Organic Farm, Black Bread LLC, Continent Group of Companies, Path of Life LLC, Svetlana Nesterova Peasant Farm, Organic Round LLC , Primorsky State Technical University, as well as Organic Certification LLC, Far Eastern Organic Union, Primorsky EM-Center LLC, AgroBioTechnology LLC, Zashchita AgroSoyuz LLC.
The ranks of producers of organic products are growing. Receiving a certificate is an exciting moment for an organic producer; he receives official status, his products are included in the unified state register, he can label his products with the Russian “Organic” mark. In a solemn ceremony, certificates of organic products were awarded to new organic farmers - Belye Lugi peasant farm, M. Tarasova peasant farm, Novitskaya peasant farm, Grigorevsky peasant farm, Kolomenskaya Yagoda, as well as the Continent Group of Companies.
After the official part, guests and participants of the congress tasted organic products - MILK , soft and hard cheeses , fruit drinks from wild berries, tea, pies made from whole grain FLOUR, green peas, etc.
Participants of the Second All-Russian Congress of Organic Producers noted that our common cause is important. We have chosen this path for ourselves. it is not easy, there are difficulties. We consider it the only correct one and we will cope with the emerging tasks together.
Videos and presentations of the congress speakers can be viewed on the website of the Union of Organic Farming at the link https://soz.bio/video-i-prezentacii-vtorogo-vserossi/

Source: Organic Farming Union