One of the major forces behind this movement has been the European Union, which first certified organic food in 1991 and began reform of its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2005 to phase out commodity-linked farm subsidies, also known as decoupling.
wˈʌn ʌvðə mˈeɪdʒɚ fˈoːɹsᵻz bᵻhˌaɪnd ðɪs mˈuːvmənt hˈæzbiːn ðə jˌʊɹɹəpˈiən jˈuːniən, wˌɪtʃ fˈɜːst sˈɜːɾᵻfˌaɪd ɔːɹɡˈænɪk fˈuːd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti wˈʌn ænd bɪɡˈæn ɹᵻfˈɔːɹm ʌv ɪts kˈɑːmən ˌæɡɹɪkˈʌltʃɚɹəl pˈɑːlɪsi sˌiːˌeɪpˈiː ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈaɪv tə fˈeɪz ˈaʊt kəmˈɑːdᵻɾilˈɪŋkt fˈɑːɹm sˈʌbsɪdiz, ˈɔːlsoʊ nˈoʊn æz dᵻkˈʌplɪŋ.