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On 28 May 2018, organic produce specialist Eosta was awarded the King William I Prize for Sustainable Entrepreneurship from a group of twelve companies nominated. Eosta, based in the Netherlands, is better known among European consumers by its consumer brand Nature & More. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands is honorary chair of the foundation. Eosta’s efforts in the area of True Cost Accounting were decisive in its election as the winner, said Klaas Knot, president of the Dutch Central Bank and chairman of the prize committee.

South Africa has approximately 650 table grape producers, almost all of which are conventional growers. More than 150 of them, or 20%, attended a conference on May 10th on the opportunities for organic grape cultivation in South Africa. The conference, held in Stellenbosch, was organized by Eosta, a leading European importer and distributor of organic fruit and vegetables. ‘With conventional cultivation you are increasingly running into problems,’ said grape grower Easton Marsh from Lushof. ‘Annual droughts are becoming extreme, and public resistance to pesticides is growing. Organic cultivation can offer some solutions.‘

South Africa has approximately 650 table grape producers, almost all of which are conventional growers. More than 150 of them, or 20%, attended a conference on May 10th on the opportunities for organic grape cultivation in South Africa. The conference, held in Stellenbosch, was organized by Eosta, a leading European importer and distributor of organic fruit and vegetables. ‘With conventional cultivation you are increasingly running into problems,’ said grape grower Easton Marsh from Lushof. ‘Annual droughts are becoming extreme, and public resistance to pesticides is growing. Organic cultivation can offer some solutions.‘

On behalf of 80,000 concerned citizens and 150 health food stores, Volkert Engelsman of Eosta / Nature & More handed over the petition “No VAT on organic” to the Dutch parliament today. “Consumers who buy organic products are saving the government and tax payers money. By lowering the VAT on organic, the government will create a more level playing field and encourage sustainable production” said Volkert Engelsman.

Waddinxveen, 15 March 2018 – Eosta, distributor of organic fruits and vegetables has won the Packaging Award 2018 within the category of sustainability. Nature & More was the first company in Europe that has been introducing ‘Natural Branding’ in Europe end 2016, in order to battle against useless, environmental polluting plastic.

WADDINXVEEN, Netherlands, 31 January 2018 — Eosta, one of Europe’s leading importers of organic fresh produce and a prominent campaigner for fairer practices in global agriculture, is calling on fruit and vegetable growers, importers and marketers worldwide to take up the challenge of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure the long-term survival of the sector.

Volkert Engelsman, CEO of major organics marketer Eosta and one of the driving forces behind the True Cost Accounting movement, has made an appeal to banks and investors through HRH Queen Máxima calling on the sector to move up a gear with more “inclusive finance”. By including the environmental and societal damage caused by large scale conventional farming in profit and loss accounts, the financial sector can make a huge impact towards saving our planet, argued Engelsman.

Organic products should not be charged with VAT, according to a new petition from the organic sector. On Friday 3rd of November, Volkert Engelsman, Director of Eosta, and recently elected No. 1 in the Trouw Sustainable Top 100 ranking, was the first to put his signature on the 'No VAT on Organic’ petition. The initiators aim for a ‘0% VAT on organic food’ regulation in the upcoming first 100 days of the current new Dutch Government. On November 10, 11 and 12, people can go VAT-free grocery shopping at the participating organic specialty stores throughout the Netherlands. If you want to support the cause and live in the Netherlands, you can sign here: WWW.GEENBTWOPBIO.NL.

PRESS INVITATION - On February 13, Vandana Shiva, Sarah Wiener and Volkert Engelsman will go guerrilla on fair grounds

The Save Our Soils guerrilla farming action in Berlin on October 28th during Global Soil Week has been a huge success. The German national ZDF-channel broadcasted an item in the evening news about the soil problem and showed footage of the guerrilla planting action. World famous activist Vandana Shiva, Klaus Töpfer of Global Soil Week  and Volkert Engelsman of Nature & More participated in unsealing a small part of the Berlin pavement, planting cabbage and promoting the Soilmate, a product developed for the campaign.