Wir haben 20ha unserer Gesamt-Anbauflaeche als "Organisch Zertifiziert" einstufen lassen. Zu Beginn- 1998;es waren noch keine 20ha- mussten wir 10 verschiedene Bodenproben, Duenger-, Pestizid- und Wasserproben einreichen (Duenger u.Pestizide natuerlich organisch, ohne Zugabe von aufgelisteten Chemikalien). Die erste Ernte musste angemeldet werden, damit man an Ort und Stelle die Obstsorten analysieren konnte. Dieses procedere wiederholte sich 3 Jahre lang, wobei man sich auf 4 Ernten pro Jahr beschraenkte. Danach erhielten wir die Zertfizierung.
Nun kommen sie unangemeldet 2-3mal im Jahr (und grundsaetzlich dann, wenn ich nicht da bin) , entnehmen Boden-, Compost- und Wasserproben, fragen das Personal, wo denn der Duenger gelagert sei und wie dieser hergestellt wird, ob es noch weitere Lagerhaeuser gibt, woraus die Pestizide bemacht werden und wo es noch neue Brunnen zur Wasserversorgung gibt...bisher ohne eine Beanstandung. Uebrigens das Zertifikat kostete mich damals umgerechnet 100Euro.
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"Thai private certification: Organic Agriculture Certification Thailand (A.C.T.)
Established in 1995, the Organic Agriculture Certification Thailand (A.C.T.) is an
independent private certification body. Its members are producer organizations, consumer
groups, NGOs, environmentalists, and academics. A.C.T. was the first and is still the
only Thai-owned organic certification body offering internationally-recognized organic
certification services.
ACT has established its own standards for crops, wild product harvest, processing
and handling but its current certification covers only organic rice, vegetables and bean
products. ACT is currently also researching animal husbandry standards. ACT operates
throughout Thailand except for the southern region, and received ACFS certification
in 2005.
A.C.T. has forged a number of international linkages. In 2002, A.C.T. was the first
certification body in Asia to receive IFOAM accreditation, with the support of the
International Organic Accreditation Services (IOAS). Its organic standards are recognized
as equivalent to IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements)
Basic Standards. Since then, the Swiss government has also recognized ACT, which later
led to acceptance by global organizations such as BIOSWISS (Switzerland),
BLIK (Belgium), KRAV (Sweden), Die Bio-Bauern (Austria), Ecocert (Canada), and Agriculture
Biologique (France).
This logo assures that the A.C.T. has checked it out, and it has passed all of the A.C.T.'s rigorous
guidelines to ensure that it is free of chemical fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides,
synthetic hormones and that it is not genetically engineered of modified.
Simple just organic fertilizers are not enough to be deemed organic;
they have strict restrictions on the type of non-chemical fertilizers used on their produce as well.
Even the land they farm on has to currently be, and formerly have been, used for organic farming only."
LG, Bhanta.
