European Organic Awards 2025
Rewarding excellence in the European organic sector!
What are the European Organic Awards?
The yearly European Organic Awards, jointly organised in the European spirit by the European Commission, the European Economic and Social Committee, the European Committee of the Regions, IFOAM Organics Europe and COPA-COGECA, aim to recognise and honour European actors who play a significant role in enhancing, developing, and innovating the organic value chain.
In 2025, the EU organic awards scheme comprises 6 categories and 7 prizes:
- Best organic farmer (female and male)
- Best organic city
- Best organic region / bio-district
- Best organic food processing SME
- Best organic food retailer
- Best organic restaurant/food service
The ceremony of the 4th edition of the European Organic Awards was held on 23 September 2025, EU Organic Day.
Who are this year’s winners?
- Best Organic Farmer (female): Ms Albina Yasinskaya, Rozino Organic Farm, Bulgaria
- Best Organic Farmer (male): Mr Lieven Devreese, Het Polderveld Farm, Belgium
- Best Organic Region/Bio-District: Võru County, Estonia
- Best Organic City: Valpaços, Portugal
- Best Organic SME: Joseph Brotmanufaktur GmbH, Austria
- Best Organic Retailer: Radis&Bona eG, Germany
- Best Organic Restaurant/Catering Service: Peskesi Restaurant, Greece
Read more about the winners in the EU Commission’s news item, and find all videos featuring them on this YouTube playlist.
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This year’s finalists in each category were:
Best organic farmer (female)
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- Ms Sonia Meirhaeghe, SEP Terobio, Fauges, Aube, France
- Ms Kaisa Rautakannel, Kuorttisen Luomukanala (organic poultry farm), Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland
- Ms Albina Yasinskaya, Rozino organic farm , Rozino, Haskovo province, Bulgaria
Best organic farmer (male)
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- Mr Lieven Devreese, Het Polderved, Knokke-Heist, Flanders, Belgium
- Mr József Büki, Velence-Bio Kft., Velence, Fejér county, Hungary
- Mr Stefan Romstorfer, Neuland.bio, Raggendorf, Lower Austria, Austria
Best organic region / biodistrict
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- Võru Country, Estonia
- Bamberger Land Eco model, Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany
- Region of Murcia, Spain
Best organic city
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- Chaves, Alto Tâmega, Vila Real, Portugal
- Valpaços, Alto Tâmega, Vila Real, Portugal
- Bio-Stadt Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Best organic food processing SMEs
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- Joseph Brotmanufaktur GmbH, Burgschleinitz, Lower Austria, Austria
- Herta Bio Apicole SRL, Galeș, Sibiu, Transilvania, Romania
- Cantero de Letur, S.A, Albacete province, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Best organic food retailer
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- Din drag de Bucovina Flying Market, Suceava county, Romania
- Radis&Bona eG, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
- Kornblume Brinker GmbH, Lingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Best organic restaurant / food service
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- Biohotel St. Daniel, Štanjel, Primórska region, Slovenia
- Zotter Schokolade GmbH, Riegersburg, Styria, Austria
- Peskesi restaurant, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
The awards ceremony of the 3rd edition of the European Organic Awards took place on 23 September 2024, EU Organic Day. 2024 European Organic Awards winners were:
- Best organic farmer (female) to Ms Reinhilde Frech-Emmelmann in Austria, founder of ReinSaat GmbH;
- Best organic farmer (male) to Mr Benny Schöpf in Germany, chief vegetable grower at Kartoffelkombinat;
- Best organic region to South Savo in Finland;
- Best organic city to BioStadt Bremen in Germany;
- Best organic bio-district to Sörmland Bio-district in Sweden;
- Best organic food processing SME to Gino Girolomoni Cooperativa Agricola, in Italy;
- Best organic food retailer to SAiFRESC in Spain;
- Best organic restaurant/food service to Kalf & Hansen in Sweden.
The ceremony was live-streamed on the EU Commission’s website and can be rewatched there. Videos of the single winners can be viewed on YouTube thanks to the dedicated playlist. Learn more about the winners on the dedicated page on the EU Commission’s website.
Check out the 2023 edition’s winners and watch the full recording of 2023 EU Organics awards ceremony.
Check out also the 2022 edition’s winners.
More information about the awards, the categories, application procedure, and eligibility criteria, can be found on the European Commission’s website.
If you have questions or inquiries, please contact the organising partners of the award of your interest:
- Best organic farmer:
- Best organic city, region, or bio-district: EUorganicawards@cor.europa.eu
- Best organic SME, food retailer or restaurant: EUorganicawardsEESC@eesc.europa.eu
Organic production as key player to increase biodiversity…
Organic food and farming have direct positive effects on our climate, the environment, biodiversity, and animal welfare. Any increase in organic production contributes to lower use of fertilizers, chemical pesticides, and antimicrobials. Therefore, it enhances biodiversity and, at the same time, sustains the health of soils and plants, building ecological and sustainable cycles whilst reducing the environmental impacts and ensuring fairness regarding the common environment and life opportunities.
… and to implement the European Green Deal and its Strategies
Organic production has also been identified as playing a key role in the achievement of the objectives of the European Green Deal, the Farm to Fork strategy and the Biodiversity strategy. For this reason, the Commission has defined a target of 25% of EU agricultural land under organic farming by 2030 and a significant increase in organic aquaculture. Moreover, to stimulate organic production and consumer demand for organic products the Commission has adopted the Action Plan for the Development of Organic Production in March 2021, aiming at increasing public awareness of the characteristics and benefits of organic production.
To do so, the Action Plan calls for the launch of yearly awards recognising excellence in the EU’s organic value chain. These awards are intended to honour the best organic actors who have helped reduce the negative environmental effects of agriculture and advance EU biodiversity and farm-to-fork initiatives.
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