The EU Organic Awards represent an opportunity to recognise the work of various actors along the organic value chain. The ceremony rewarding projects in the EU’s organic sector is held every year on EU Organic Day, which this year will take place on 23 September 2026. The winners will be presented with their award by Christophe Hansen, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food.
This year’s edition will put the winners in the spotlight by giving them a chance to share their expertise and what sets apart their products and contribution to the EU organic sector. The event will also provide a forum for discussion and debate, while offering an opportunity for networking.
For the first time, the EU Organic Awards ceremony will be open to the public.
Registration will end on Tuesday 22 September 2026, 23:59 (CEST)
The finalists
The organic stakeholders involved in various stages of the value chain have developed an excellent, innovative, sustainable, and inspiring project producing real added value for organic production and consumption.
- organic farming | organic product | bio-based product
- Wednesday 23 September 2026, 09:30 - 15:00 (CEST)
- Brussels, Belgium
Practical information
- When
- Wednesday 23 September 2026, 09:30 - 15:00 (CEST)
- Where
- Charlemagne BuildingAlcide de Gasperi room, 170 Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, 1049 Brussels, Belgium
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Danish
- Organisers
- Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
- Social media links
Description
Organic production has been identified as playing a key role in achieving the objectives of the European Green Deal. The Commission also adopted the Action Plan for the Development of Organic Production in March 2021, including the launch of annual awards recognising excellence in the organic value chain.
For this fifth edition of the EU organic awards, any actor or institution along the organic value chain with a noteworthy project were encouraged to apply. Each project submitted had to contribute to the greater affordability and/or accessibility of organic products in the EU. Project promoters had to be established or residents in the EU. Applications had to be submitted in one of the official EU languages and the projects EU based.
The horizontal award criteria against which eligible applications were assessed by the EU Organic Awards jury were:
- Excellence
- The innovative character of the project in the selected award category
- Sustainability pillars (environmental, social and economic) of the project
- Transferability and possibility to replicate the project elsewhere in the EU
More details about the EU organic awards can be found online, as well as on organic farming in the EU.
