Friend of the Earth

Agriculture performs a major role in the economies of most of the countries. The agriculture sector can help in the eradication of poverty and hunger and can promote trade between countries. Instead of the increased production of food items all over the world, a large amount of the population is still unnourished but why? There can be several reasons for it but out of them, the most significant one is the increased use of chemicals and pesticides in the crops. These techniques are not only killing the insects but also affecting the health of plants, soil, and human beings. These damaging agriculture practices are however changing substantially. Several reports published in recent years said that there is a growing demand for sustainable agriculture products all over the world and why not? Everyone is concerned about their wellbeing and ecosystem health.  Sustainable agriculture standards  are playing a key role in saving the earth's ecosystem. Sustainable agricultur...

Sustainable Agriculture Is Life: Unsustainable agriculture is giving many concerns to the present generation and thus it is effecting the natural environment massively. It is causing serious damage to the soil and it is contaminating it with the dangerous chemicals as well. Moreover, it is also causing over-exploitation of water and this unsustainable agriculture has promoted water pollution with the usages of these dangerous chemical substances. On the other hand, sustainable agriculture is a form of farming that is the need of the hour for the survival of the modern generation and to make the perfect balance of the ecological system. Sustainable agriculture is a type of farming that does not harm the atmosphere at all and keeps the ecosystem balanced. So, sustainable agriculture is life for human beings from a future point of view. Hazardous & Useful Activities: Moreover, there are other agriculture practices as well that are causing soil erosion, water-logging, and wat...

Friend of the earth is an international organization that works day and night to save the future of our earth. Friend of the earth is a conglomeration of people who are actually the “Friends of the earth” and believe in making our planet a better place to live. How does this organization work? In brief, this organization works as a certification partner that certifies your products. Your products are certified on the basis of the fact that how are they produced, what methods have been used to reduce them and how organic they are and do your product has good or bad effects on the ecosystem. Friends of the earth give you a certification on Sustainable agriculture standards and sets some standards which certify your product and this means that you have a superior quality product for the consumers and ultimately you end up in increasing your sales as well as you will be giving a product to the customers that are healthy for them and healthy for our ecosystem.  Here are s...

The life expectancy of our planet earth is decreasing day by day. Mankind is exploiting the resources that they are never expected to recover again. We need to make sure that our future generation is able to reap the benefits and peaceful nature that is being given to us by this planet. But we are not taking it seriously yet, and there are some people, who are dedicating a major part of their life to save this ecosystem by doing their best.   Friend of the Earth is one such organization that has now been working for years to decrease the effects of hazardous agricultural as well as animal breeding activities. They have come out with various types of certification programs such as Organic agriculture certification. Organic Agriculture Certification is one of its kind certification in the world which is also backed by world health organization. Certification in organic agriculture means that you will have access to all the technology that will make sure that you have ...

Friend of the Earth aims to encourage Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable Farming through Certification and Consumer awareness. This project started in Italy in the year 2016 by the founder member of the World Sustainable The organization, Mr. Paolo Bray. Friend of the Earth is an internationally accepted certification scheme for sustainable agriculture and farming which we call as sustainable certified products . This project is based on SAFA (Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture System) guidelines set by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Principals and Objectives of Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable Farming:  1. Protection and conservation of ecosystems. The agricultural activity should not take resources off from the surroundings however be an integral part of it. 2. Reduction of the employment of pesticides and chemical fertilizers to make sure safer product and to market biological management...