Organic farming

Organic production is constantly undergoing change. New challenges also reflect new regulations for whose implementation organic farmers need first-hand Information.

The objective of the Organic Farming Action Programme is to promote and significantly develop organic farming by means of priority measures.

What is organic food and how is it produced? This is the question experts from all the different types of production facilities asked themselves 35 years ago. Today, the definition can be found in the EU Regulation for organic food and farming. Originally, the definition was governed by Austrian specifications and resulted from the accomplishments of pioneers in the field contending with strong resistance.

Organic farming is the most environmentally compatible form of agriculture. Yet “organic” means more than just farming without synthetic chemicals.

For details about the labelling of organic products, please see the ‘Bio’ websites of AMA Marketing GmbH, of the Federal Ministry of Health or of the organic farming association Bio Austria.

Numerous research institutes provide the results that constantly modernise organic farming.

“CORE Organic” is an initiative of the European Union aimed at promoting research on organic farming by cooperation among Member States.

Organic food production is playing a continuously increasing role all over the world. Austria is a pioneer in this field.

BMLRT’s Organic Farming Action Programme serves as a guideline for the support of organic farming planned in Austria in the next years.

The promotion of organic farming is a key agro-political concern in Austria. Numerous subsidisation schemes guarantee support on the part of the State.