Agros

There is a new organic milk in Portugal.
Agros (and Lactogal) has spent some money on putting up billboards about their organic milk in Portugal.

But the milk itself is made in France.

According to my favorite ecosalesperson it is because Agros and Lactogal does not want to pay more for organic than conventional milk. But of course they want to charge the consumer twice the price for organic compared with conventional milk. So one perhaps should not be surprised that there yet are no Portuguese organic milk (or milk derived products).

I wrote a letter to Agros some months ago but have yet not received any answer. The certifier says he wants to bring French organic farmers to Portugal, but as long as the farmers cannot expect better price nothing much will happen ...

Moreover, I cannot find information on their website(www.agros.pt), although they apparently has spent plenty of money on a PR campaign in Portugal.

Oddly enough they have a news flash from almost exactly a year ago stating that milk from organic production is not more secure nor better than conventional milk. This is also the only information on milk from organic agriculture on their website
(today 2007-04-25).

Read more (in Portuguese):

http://www.agros.pt/Noticias/noticia173.htm

Leite Biológico Não É Melhor nem Mais Seguro que o
Convencional
3/29/2006 2:04:00 PM

Um estudo da Universidade de Berna, na Suíça, que
comparou o leite biológico com o leite convencional,
concluiu que não existe nenhuma diferença entre ambos,
no que respeita à qualidade, valor nutricional ou
segurança para o consumidor.

Outra das conclusões da pesquisa, avança o
Agrodigital, é que as vacas biológicas produzem, em
média, menos 12% de leite, devido à sua alimentação
ser menos rica em energia, já que não é permitida a
adição de suplementos. No entanto, o consumo de
energia global por litro de leite é maior neste tipo
de produção.

Fonte: Agrodigital