What is Organic?
Treating the soil and growing environment as resources to be preserved and improved for future generations- Providing plants with a balanced food supply by feeding the soil
- Avoiding pollution of the environment by recycling garden and farm wastes, and choosing renewable and local resources, ideally working within a closed system where enough manure and compost is produced on site to maintain fertility
- Combating pests and diseases without using pesticides that are harmful to people and the environment
- Encouraging and protecting wildlife by creating suitable habitats, and minimising the use of pesticides
- Using good agricultural and horticultural practices and taking new scientific knowledge into account as well as proven traditional knowledge
- Recognising the importance of genetic diversity and preserving threatened plant varieties
- Treating livestock with respect and providing them with the conditions of life that conform to their physiological needs
Launch of Organic Guide to Ireland
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