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Page 1: Organic Farming Organic Farming. What is organic farming?

Organic

Farming

Page 2: Organic Farming Organic Farming. What is organic farming?

What is organic

farming?

Page 3: Organic Farming Organic Farming. What is organic farming?

• is a form of agriculture

• is a way of producing food that respects natural

life cycles

•relies on a number of objectives and principles,

as well as common practices designed to

minimize the human impact on the environment,

while ensuring the agricultural system operates

as naturally as possible.

• It minimises the human impact on the

environment and operates as naturally as

possible, in accordance with objectives and

principles including the following:

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• Crops are rotated so that on-site resources are used efficiently

• Chemical pesticides, synthetic fertilisers, antibiotics and other substances are severely restricted

• Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are banned

• On-site resources are put to good use, such as manure for fertiliser or feed produced on the farm

• Disease-resistant plant and animal species adapted to the local environment are used

• Livestock are raised in a free-range, open-air environment and are fed on organic fodder

• Animal husbandry practices are tailored to the various livestock species

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• As organic produce comes in a wide variety of forms, the distribution of organic products to consumers occurs through a similarly diverse range of ways.

Typical distribution channels through which consumers like you might encounter organic produce include:

- Local and specialised organic markets- Specialised organic shops in rural or metropolitan areas- Roadside stalls in rural areas- Directly from the farm where the food was produced- Delivered to your door or a collection point through web-based home delivery and/or box scheme

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We personally visited one of bio farms - a goat farm

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•It's a family-run organic farm producing quality domestic certified organic products from goat's milk. •It works on the principle of eco-farms in order to achieve self-sufficiency in all stages of production, without the use of chemicals. •It manages 45 hectares of land in the PLA Beskydy, of whom receive food.

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• We can conclude that eating organic food products or systems with low inputs of syntheticagrochemicals ("low input") is increasingly seen as part of a healthy lifestyle.

• The growing demand for organic food is reflected in the need to implement serious research focused onassessment of nutritional and toxicological hygienic quality of organic products.

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Denisa VALENTOVÁ

Veronika DEMELOVÁ

Dominika VÁCLAVÍKOVÁ

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