Research and knowledge exchange are important to innovation in the organic industry. The Network for Organic Food and Farming Research (NOBL), an all-inclusive platform for sharing knowledge, ideas and experience about organic food and farming research in Flanders, aims to contribute to innovation. NOBL brings representatives from 16 organisations from fundamental and experimental research, the (organic) agricultural sector and the government together on a regular basis to reinforce agricultural research and knowledge about organic farming.

In this edition of ‘Organic Food and Farming in Flanders’ researchers in Flanders were invited to present their research activities relevant to the organic sector during 2011 and 2012.