The Network for the Promotion of Biocyclic Vegan Agriculture in the Netherlands and Flanders which was set up in summer 2018 aims to raise awareness of biocyclic vegan agriculture in the Netherlands and Flanders. It also seeks to promote the Biocyclic Vegan Quality Seal on the market in order to guarantee consumers a permanent availability of biocyclic vegan products and Read more…

The vineyards of Château La Rayre are located in the village of Colombier (Dordogne) in the southwest of France. The climatic and geological conditions are ideal for producing great wines with the Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC) “Bergerac” and “Monbazillac”. The owner of the winery, Vincent Vesselle, who has been producing organic wines for more than ten years. The prize-winning wines Read more…

The French network “Réseau français Agriculture Biocyclique Végétalienne” has been created in 2016 as a division of the association “Vegan France Interpro”. This association supports the economic development of vegan alternatives through internet platforms and reference directories that give companies a higher visibility and facilitate their development and their networking with retailers and consumers. In addition, the association promotes the Read more…

Estyria is a specialist for pumpkin seeds, pumpkin seed oil and scarlet runner beans and offers an extensive range of organic dried products, pulses, mushrooms and baking seeds. It is headquartered in Eastern Styria. The company‘s best-known brand – Steirerkraft – is known for Styrian specialities, diversity and indulgent tastes. In the organic segment, in addition to Steirerkraft‘s own organic Read more…

Certified since 2019, Strassner Family Farms is the first biocyclic vegan operation based on field crops in the world. The company of Harald Strassner is located in the east of Austria close to the Hungarian border. As one of the organic pioneers in Austria, he converted his business to organic farming in 1988. In 1995 he moved to neighbouring Hungary, where Read more…

Since the late 1990s, BayWa Obst GmbH & Co. KG has been the contract marketer of 30 committed organic fruit growers who produce a colourful variety of pip fruit, berries and stone fruit on around 600 hectares in the mild climate of Lake Constance in the foothills of the Alps. These growers all operate according to the guidelines of organic Read more…

The German Förderkreis Biozyklisch-Veganer Anbau e. V. is a broad association of highly dedicated private individuals, companies and institutions from agriculture, processing industry, trade and science as well as organisations that support animal rights and a vegan lifestyle. As a charity organisation it advises growers in German-speaking countries on the conversion to biocyclic vegan farming and raises public awareness of Read more…

CERES offers certification for organic farming and food processing – including the Biocyclic Vegan Standard. Certification of organic textiles, Good Agricultural and Good Manufacturing Practices in the food industry, as well as several agricultural sustainability standards are part of the portfolio. CERES is active in about 60 different countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America with a team of Read more…

BNS Biocyclic Network Services Ltd is the administrative headquarters for biocyclic vegan farming. In 2005, the Biocyclic Guidelines were developed under the supervision of BNS. These were later redeveloped to become the Biocyclic Vegan Standard and have been accredited as the certification basis for vegan organic farming by IFOAM as part of its Family of Standards in 2017. On behalf of the not-for-profit Adolf Hoops Read more…