Organic Farming

Organic agriculture is defined worldwide as Farming without the addition of artificial chemicals. Many people today are interested in Organic Produce and Organic Farming | Policy Pressures and Options Aims of Organic Farming Setting Standards for Farm Animal Production

Links to Documents and Web Sites with Information on Organic Farming
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UK Soil Association: | The Soil Association is the UK's leading campaigning and certification body for organic food and farming They develop and provide practical and sustainable solutions which combine food production and environmental protection and human health. | http://www.soilassociation.org info@soilassociation.org
CIPAV. Centre for Research on Sustainable Agriculture Production Systems | Fundación CIPAV is a Colombian NGO founded in 1986. The projects and programs on which it focuses are alternative agricultural production systems. CIPAV promotes the efficient and sustainable utilization of the available human and natural resources, which are in harmony with the environment | http://www.cipav.org.co/
Wholesome Harvest - by Margaret Mellon, Director of UCS's Agriculture and Biotechnology Program | Organic farming's lessons for agriculture as a whole - The Magazine of the Union of Concerned Scientists Vol. 19 No. 4 Winter 1997 | http://www.ucsusa.org/Nucleus/97w.harvest.html
Organic Agriculture and FAO | Organic agriculture is an increasingly important part of the agriculture sector | http://www.fao.org/sd/epdirect/EPre0055.HTM
Evaluating the potential contribution of organic agriculture to sustainability goals | FAO's technical contribution to IFOAM's Scientific Conference, Mar del Plata, Argentina, 16-19 November 1998. | View Acrobat file
FAO / IFOAM meeting on Organic Agriculture. FAO, Rome 19-20 March 1998. | Report from meeting with the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) aimed at defining future FAO's involvement in organic agriculture and identifying potential areas of collaboration between FAO and IFOAM | View Acrobat file
The Organic Alternative, by Pauline Lloyd | In recent years, perhaps due to increased publicity, demand for organically-grown produce has increased | http://www.bury-rd.demon.co.uk/organic.htm
Organic WWW Links: USA Information | Canberra Organic Growers Society. A wide range of www links | http://www.netspeed.com.au/cogs/cogworle.htm
FAO: AG21: Magazine: Spotlight: Organic farming | Demand for organic products has created new export opportunities for the developing world. Organic farming is one of several approaches to sustainable agriculture. | http://www.fao.org/ag/magazine/9901sp3.htm
Lampkin, N H and Measures, M (eds): 1995/6 Organic Farm Management Handbook (Second Edition). | University of Wales, Aberystwyth and Elm Farm Research Centre, 150 pp. (1995) |
Lampkin, N H and Padel, S (eds): The economics of organic farming - an international perspective. | CAB International, Wallingford, 460 pp. (1994) |
Lampkin, N.H. 1999. Organic Farming. | Farming Press, Miller Freeman UK Ltd. ISBN 0-85236-191-2 | The standard english language text on organic farming methods.
Organic Farming research Foundation | To foster the improvement and widespread adoption of organic farming practices. | http://www.ofrf.org/
International Foundation for Organic Agriculture | Information about IFOAM | http://www.ifoam.org/

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