The founding principles of organic farming (health, ecology, fairness and care) guide the overall ethos of organic farming in an ever-changing environment. Using these principles, this introductory chapter discusses the key environmental, welfare, economic and other challenges facing contemporary organic dairy farming in Europe. It reviews the differing ways these challenges can be addressed, setting the scene for following chapters on specific issues.
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Содержание
- 1 Introduction: advances in organic farming
- 2 Future challenges facing organic dairy farming
- 3 Organic dairy cattle as robust and resilient animals
- 4 The health and welfare of animals and the humans who take care of them in organic farming
- 5 Disease prevention and management strategies
- 6 Strengthening the connection between organic dairy cattle and the wider ecosystem
- 7 Valuing products from organic dairy farms
- 8 Organic dairy farming as part of markets and food systems
- 9 Conclusion
- 10 References
Об авторе
Dr Stephen Roderick is Research Manager in the Rural Business School at Duchy College in the UK. He has published widely on animal health and farm resource management, was formerly Associate Editor of Organic Agriculture and co-edited Improving organic animal farming.
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