Variation in organic standards prior to the National Organic Program

national organic standards for iran: i. concepts, principles and aims of organic production and standards for agronomic and horticultural products

traditional agriculture and non-chemical crop production have a long story; however organic agriculture which relies on local and in-farm inputs, with the aim of protecting ecological balances and developing biological cycles on the one hand while regarding regulations and specific standards on the other hand, doesn’t have a very long history. there are numerous environmental reasons for the pr...

Fluoride: The Hidden Poison in the National Organic Standards Asking organic farmers to adopt fluoride-free farming

To call sodium fluoride an “inert” is Orwellian and defies one of the NOS’s stated principles: producers shall not use “natural poisons such as arsenic or lead salts that have long-term effects and persist in the environment.” Fluoride is clearly in this category. Sadly, the use of fluoride in organic farming could undermine the public’s confidence and safety in organic foodboth here and abroad...

national organic standards for iran:ii. concepts and principles of standards for organic animal products and food processing

recently organic agriculture as a most popular alternative production system has increasingly been considered by scientists, people and policymakers and governments in the world, and many research programs are directed to this sustainable production system. in organic agriculture it is hardly recommended to integrate plant with animal husbandry in agroecosystem. various animal products such as ...

Enacting standards in organic agriculture

Animal welfare in relation to standards in organic farming.

The new EU-regulations on organic farming (1804/1999) are also influencing the animal welfare. A lot of positive regulations is to find, but also regulations that seen to mind more about the general public and customer and their view on organic farming, than the health and welfare of the animals. The paper specially focus on the impact of the regulations and the recommendations that phytotherap...