The International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS) was founded in 2008 as an expansion and continuation of the former Danish Agricultural Research Centre for Organic Farming (DARCOF, founded 1995), which the Danish Government decided to provide with an international mandate and an international board.

The vision of ICROFS is that "the principles of organic agriculture have become a global reference for sustainability in agriculture and food systems due to evidence based on research and adaptive management.