9151: Research, values, and ethics in organic agriculture - examples from sustainability, precaution, nature quality, and animal welfare

Alrøe, Hugo Fjelsted and Kristensen, Erik Steen (2000) Research, values, and ethics in organic agriculture - examples from sustainability, precaution, nature quality, and animal welfare. Paper presented at 2nd Congress of the European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, 24.−26. August 2000; Published in Preprints from Eursafe 2000: Two systems - One world, page pp. 61-65. Centre for Bioethics and Risk Assessment, KVL, Copenhagen.^*

Summary

Agricultural systems are characterised by involving both natural and social systems. Organic farming, in particular, has developed as part of a wider organic movement incorporating producers, manufacturers and consumers. The organic movement is based on explicit rules as well as broader formulated principles and goals for farming and manufacturing, which are connected to underlying values and perceptions of the relationship between human and nature. This paper is concerned with the challenges to research entailed by the ethical issues in organic farming and the interplay of values and facts in agricultural research.

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