?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Providing+organic+school+food+for+youths+in+Europe+-+Policy+strategies%2C+certification+and+supply+chain+management+in+Denmark%2C+Finland%2C+Italy+and+Norway&rft.subject=+Markets+and+trade&rft.subject=+Processing%2C+packaging+and+transportation&rft.subject=+Produce+chain+management&rft.description=In+the+proceedings+of+an+iPOPY+seminar%2C+some+results+of+the+research+project+were+presented.+First+of+all%2C+Anne-Kristin+L%C3%83%C2%B8es+and+Benjamin+N%C3%83%C2%B6lting+give+an+overview+of+the+iPOPY+project+and+its+first+results.+This+outline+of+the+holistic+research+approach+helps+locate+the+challenges+of+the+supply+side+of+POPY%2C+some+crucial+aspects+of+which+are+analyzed+in+the+following+papers.+Political+strategies+are+highly+relevant+for+changing+the+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9Cpoliticized+market%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9D+of+public+food+procurement.+Thorkild+Nielsen%2C+Niels+Heine+Kristensen+and+Bent+Egbert+Mikkelsen+reflect+on+whether+and+how+organic+food+in+schools+and+kindergartens+can+be+described+as+a+part+of+an+ecological+modernization+strategy+in+Denmark.+They+discuss+how+it+has+merged+with+more+economically+and+technically+approach+in+public+catering+policy.+Organic+production+has+to+be+certified+and+labeled+along+the+supply+chain+in+order+to+maintain+trust+in+organic+premium+products.+Since+January+1st+2009%2C+organic+certification+in+Europe+is+subject+to+the+new+Council+Regulation+(EC)+No+834%2F2007+of+28+June+2007.+This+regulation+specifically+excludes+so-called+mass+catering+operations.+It+is+up+to+EU+member+states+to+apply+national+rules+or+private+standards+insofar+as+these+comply+with+community+law.+The+paper+of+Carola+Strassner+presents+the+state+of+the+art+and+upcoming+changes+of+organic+certification+of+out-of-home+catering+in+Germany+with+regard+to+Norway%2C+Finland%2C+Denmark%2C+and+Italy.+Finally%2C+supply+chains+of+organic+school+food+have+to+be+organised+in+a+sustainable+way+in+order+to+serve+high+quality+food+to+pupils.+Stefano+Bocchi%2C+Roberto+Spigarolo%2C+Marco+Valerio+Sarti%2C+and+Benjamin+N%C3%83%C2%B6lting+present+a+best+practice+case+of+controlled+food+chains+(filiera+controllata)+from+Italy%2C+the+European+champion+of+organic+school+food.+From+the+province+and+the+city+of+Piacenza+in+the+region+of+Emilia-Romagna%2C+we+can+learn+a+lot+about+a+short+and+certified+organic+food-chain%2C+a+wide+range+of+regional+and+organic+products+provided+through+a+shared+logistic+organisation+among+local+partners%2C+and+specific+tender+procedures.&rft.publisher=International+Centre+for+Research+in+Organic+Food+Systems+(ICROFS)&rft.contributor=Noelting%2C+Benjamin&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Proceedings&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15540%2F1%2F15540.pdf&rft.identifier=Noelting%2C+Benjamin+(Ed.)+(2009)+Providing+organic+school+food+for+youths+in+Europe+-+Policy+strategies%2C+certification+and+supply+chain+management+in+Denmark%2C+Finland%2C+Italy+and+Norway.+Proceedings+of+BioFach+2009%2C+GastroForum%2C+Nuremberg%2C+Germany%2C+February+20th+2009.+International+Centre+for+Research+in+Organic+Food+Systems+(ICROFS).&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15540%2F