Organic Style

A team of authors and developers has prepared a unique course consisting of 24 video lectures on the Prometheus platform in cooperation with the Royal Agricultural University (RAU, United Kingdom), Sumy National Agrarian University (SNAU, Ukraine), the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH, Switzerland) and the NGO «Green Agro Solutions» (Ukraine). The free online course «Sustainable Farming: Technologies, Profitability, Innovation» is now available on the Prometheus platform.

As of 2024, the area under organic raspberry cultivation in Ukraine is estimated at 400–700 hectares. This remains a relatively small figure compared to the country’s total raspberry area of 6,000–7,500 hectares. The key raspberry-producing regions are Zhytomyr, Volyn, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, and Zakarpattia oblasts.

Demand for organic gluten-free products, functional ingredients for the food industry, dairy products, and processed berries is growing across the European market.

The share of organic blueberries in Ukraine is small - 4-6% (450-670 tons), but the potential is significant, because about 20% of certified plantations are still young and do not bear fruit. Currently, Ukraine ranks eighth in blueberry production in Europe.

Ukrainian organic raw materials for the baking industry have significant potential in the European market. However, products that are actively supplied in the B2B segment usually remain invisible to the end consumer in the EU.

In the first quarter of 2026, Ukraine exported more than 40 thousand tonnes of organic products.

The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy has supported the draft law prepared for a repeated second reading, which is intended to introduce unified standards for the cultivation, production and labeling of organic products.

The security situation and the location of the processing facilities on the left bank do not allow UkrOliya to embark on large investment projects. Instead, the company has chosen a strategy of increasing production efficiency and pursuing intensive development by improving processes at its existing production facilities.