Meet OWF

The Organic World Foundation was founded and set up by IFOAM in 2008 to support it in funding its core functions, activities and  increasing the visibility of organic production in the world.

Mission

The Organic World Foundation is intended to support Organic Agriculture by helping IFOAM in its purpose of leading, uniting and assisting the organic movement in its full diversity.

IFOAM´s goal is the worldwide adoption of ecologically, socially and economically sound systems that are based on the principles of Organic Agriculture.

Objectives

The purposes of the foundation are:

  1. To protect humankind, nature and the environment by promoting organic agriculture;
  2. To lead, unite and assist the organic movement in its full diversity;
  3. To encourage the worldwide adoption of ecologically, socially and economically sound systems that are based on the principles of Organic Agriculture;
  4. To promote throughout the world the production of high quality food sufficient to feed all people, while protecting the soils and enhancing their fertility, as well as minimizing environmental pollution and the use of non-renewable natural resources;
  5. To provide for the exchange of knowledge and ideas related to its purpose, provide information to the public and represent the Principles of Organic Agriculture.