Organic agriculture, also known as organic farming, it is a production system, whose main objective is to preserve the health of the environment, cycles, the biological activities of the soil and biodiversity.
In organic agriculture, the production of food and other plant products is done without the use of fertilizers synthetic chemicals, pesticides or pesticides in general and growth regulators or synthetic additives for feeding animals.
By applying the knowledge of ecology, in the vision holistic, organic agriculture is considered as an organism integrated with fauna and flora. When you use organic, biological, ecological inputs, you will be favoring the efficient use of natural resources, biological processes, thus maintaining biodiversity, economic development, environmental preservation and the quality of life of people.
Organic agriculture is related to agroecology, an area that deals with ecologically sustainable production. The most important agro-ecological principles of organic agriculture are: respect for nature, crop diversification, soil as a living organism and the independence of production.
In organic agriculture, only animal manure, crop rotation, green manure, composting and biological pest and disease control are used for sustainable development.
In many countries, such as the United States, Japan, Australia and Brazil, there is already a specific program to regulate and develop this activity. Brazilian legislation for food products was signed on 12/23/2003 and regulated in December 2007 in Law 10,831.
Also know the meaning of family farming.
