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• 1 Organic Trends

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• How did organics starts?

  As a philosophical approach; healthy soil= healthy food= healthy people

• What are the organic principles?

  - Farm as living organisms
  - Inherent fertility
  - Intrinsic linkage
  - Pragmatic
  - Principle of health
  - Principle of ecology
  - Principle of fairness
  - Principle of care

• What does farm as living organisms mean?

  Closing of cycles (nutrients) system that is responsive and adapted to its environment

• What does inherent fertility mean?

  A 'living soil' transfers health and vitalit to elements higher in the food chain

• What does intrinsic linkage mean?

  An intergrated and complex system that is self regulating though dynamic processes

• What is biodynamic agriculture?

  Anthroposophic approach based on awareness of the spiritual dimensions

• What are the charasteristics of biodynamic agriculture?

  - Comprehensive and intergrated (mixed) farming system
  - Animal welfare
  - Site-specific rotations: rooting & soil feeding characteristics
  - Use of seeding and harvesting calendar
  - Use of organic amendments to vitalize the soil
  - Use of special preparations to enhance soul humus formations and composting processes
  - Special certification label
  - Globally 142,482 ha certified as biodynamic

• What are the market trends in organic agriculture?

  - Most products sold in supermarkets
  - Diversification of marketing strategies
  - Food processed/consumed in developed regions

• What are opportunities and threats when most products are sold in supermarkets?

  - Allow efficient marketing and distribution
  - Facillitates growth and expansion
  - Increased specialization, intensification and price pressure
  - Biases towards large scale production
  - Risk of conventionalization of organic food networks

• What are the opportunities with diversification of marketing strategies?

  - Increased adaptive capacity
  - Improved resilience of organic farmers and food networks