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Aims of Biological Farming
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- To provide highly nutritional and sufficient food.
- To interact with all natural systems and cycles in a constructive and vital manner.
- To encourage and enhance the biological cycles of the agricultural systems, including microorganisms, soil fauna and flora, plants and
animals.
- To preserve and reinforce land fertility in the long term.
- To make maximum use of the renewable sources on the agricultural
systems organized at a local level.
- To be applied, in the best possible manner, on closed systems in relation to organic substances and nutrients.
- To be applied, in the best possible manner, on ingredients and substances which can be reused or recycled in a farm or elsewhere.
- To offer such life conditions to farm animals that would allow the development of core aspects of their innate behaviour.
- To limit all forms of pollution deriving from agricultural practices.
- To maintain the genetic diversity of the agricultural ecosystems, including the protection of plantation and that of wild animals.
- To offer to producers living conditions in compliance with the U.N. human rights, to cover their basic needs and provide them with a sufficient income and satisfaction deriving from their profession, within a secure working environment.
- To study the broader social and ecological impact of agro-ecosystems.
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