Saturday, October 3, 2009

Sweden must be better than organic

As the first in Europe, the Swedish will put climate requirements on organic produce. Swedish organic farmers must, from 2012, adhere to strict regulations to obtain the EKO-label. A list of requirements, such as chemicals for growing, tractors running on green energy, limit nitrogen gases when spreading compost and dramatically reduce energy use per product. Before 2012 the farmers must have a plan on how they will get all the energy used on the farm from renewable sources before 2015. The Swedish certification organisation KRAV have recently made the legislation known.

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