Vienna, 11th of March 2026. Organic farmers and businesses gathered in Vienna, a day before the yearly IFOAM Organics Europe Interest Group of Organic Farmers meeting, to explore and learn more about how plant-based and organic production complement each other, and how deeper cooperation can strengthen both movements.

Participants came from Portugal, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Participants learned more about the Danish Plant-Based Food Grant, a milestone for plant-based development, granting EUR 170 million until 2030, where the law behind the grant exclusively targets 50% of the funding to support organic activities.

Paul Hombeck, a pioneer within organic advocacy, and former director of Organic Denmark, elaborated on how organic and plant-based movements can work together, and gave examples of best-practice policy work.

Hanne Winter, EU Policy Manager at The Vegetarian Society of Denmark, illustrated how cooperation can look like, using examples like the establishment of the Danish Centre for a Plant-Based & Organic Future, a strategic partnership between Organic Denmark and The Vegetarian Society of Denmark.

The masterclass was organised as part of the initiative Danish Plant-Based Diplomacy, in cooperation with IFOAM Organics Europe and BOKU Institute for Organic Farming.

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This event was part of an EU project, which has received grants from the Green Development and Demonstration Programme (GUDP) under the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries of Denmark.