From the Newsroom*
São Paulo – The federal government will be promoting, as of this Friday (23), the II Week of Organic Foods in many Brazilian states. Up to the 30th of June there will be seminars, fairs, lectures, tasting sessions, gastronomic circuits and visits to organic farms in the states of Acre, Alagoas, Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo and the Brazilian capital Brasilia.
According to the general coordination for Sustainable Development at the Ministry of Agriculture, Rogério Dias, the aim of the campaign is to stimulate responsible consumption of foods. According to him, this is a way of motivating also good practices in the field. Brazilian organic production takes up about 6.5 million hectares and involves approximately 20,000 producers, of which 80% are small.
*Translated by Silvia Lindsey