Explanation about organic farming. Organic agriculture is an agricultural form in which environmental effects and animal welfare are explicitly taken into account. Consider, for example, more living space for the animals and less use of pesticides and fertilizer. There are stricter regulations for organic farming than for those of conventional agriculture. In practice, this means that the 'ordinary' farmers use fertilizer to maintain production and also use pesticides against diseases and pests that can reduce production.
Organic farmers only use natural manure and ensure that plants build a natural resistance and get the time to quietly fully grow. Regular agriculture is aimed at high production and low costs, organic farming is focused on high quality, even though it costs more.
Principles of the biological agricultural method
- No use of fertilizer, but care and stimulation of the fertility of the ground.
- No use of chemical pesticides (insecticides, weed distributors), but deployment of permitted biological devices.
- No use of gene technology (genetic modification)
- Products preferably from the immediate vicinity, fresh, with short supply lines and recognizable producers and processors.
- As little processing of products to prevent quality loss.
- No addition of chemical odor, color, taste and preservators.
- Livestock in an animal-friendly way with sufficient movement space. Good nutrition (also organic). No preventive drugs and no growth promoters.
- Respect for nature and landscape.
More and more farmers want to switch to organic farming. That of course only succeeds if consumers buy more organic products. You recognize the organic products at the Skal Logo and EKO quality mark that is the guarantee in the Netherlands for biological quality. The check on this takes place by Skal (Stichting Keurmerk Alternative agricultural methods).
Our organic whey comes from grass-made organic cows that live fairly grazing outdoors unless it is too cold outside. Because our cows are grass and are organic, they do not receive hormones and GMOs and the medication is minimal. As a result, these substances do not occur in our Whey. The entire chain from the cow until the packaged product is checked and the Whey we use in our products is organic certified.
Bee Ekopura We know from the beginning until the end exactly what happens to our ingredients and where they come from. We hope that after reading this explanation about organic farming you have become something wiser and can make better choices for yourself.
