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HEALTH

Sustainable agriculture should maintain and enhance the health of all things living and the ones that support life, as one.
The Principle of Health underlines the fact that the health of individuals and communities is the same and cannot be separated from the health of ecosystem as whole. Healthy soils produce healthy crops and they, in turn, foster the health of animals and people.

OUR HEALTH SYSTEM

HEALTH IS THE WHOLENESS AND INTEGRITY OF LIVING SYSTEMS. IT IS NOT SIMPLY THE ABSENCE OF ILLNESS, BUT THE MAINTENANCE OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL WELL-BEING. IMMUNITY, RESILIENCE, AND REGENERATION ARE KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF HEALTH.

THE ROLE OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, IN ALL ITS PHASES, IS TO KEEP UP AND ENHANCE THE HEALTH OF ECOSYSTEMS AND ORGANISMS FROM THE SMALLEST IN THE SOIL, TO THE LARGEST WALKING ON IT.

IN PARTICULAR, ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IS INTENDED TO PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY, NUTRITIOUS FOOD THAT CONTRIBUTES TO PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE AND WELL-BEING. IN DOING SO IT HAS TO ENSURE THAT THE FERTILIZERS, SUPPLEMENTS, PLANT PROTECTIVE PRODUCTS ETC. DO NOT HAVE, NOR WILL HAVE ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE ECOSYSTEM AT WHOLE.

HEALTHY SOILS PRODUCE HEALTHY CROPS AND THEY, IN TURN, FOSTER THE HEALTH OF ANIMALS AND PEOPLE.