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

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/food_and_environment/index.cfm

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

Organic WWW Links:
USA Information Canberra Organic Growers Society. A wide range of www links http://www.cogs.asn.au

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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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/food_and_environment/index.cfm
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
Organic WWW Links: USA Information	Canberra Organic Growers Society. A wide range of www links	http://www.cogs.asn.au
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/