?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Basic+principles+for+organic+agriculture%3A+Why%3F+And+what+kind+of+principles%3F&rft.creator=Alr%C3%83%C2%B8e%2C+Hugo+Fjelsted&rft.creator=Kristensen%2C+Erik+Steen&rft.subject=+Values%2C+standards+and+certification&rft.subject=+%22Organics%22+in+general&rft.description=Recently%2C+discussions+of+basic+principles+for+organic+agriculture+(and+similar+ideas)+have+emerged+in+several+different+settings+(Benbrook+%26+Kirschenmann+1997%2C+DARCOF+2001%2C+Lund+%26+R%C3%83%C2%B6cklinsberg+2001%2C+Verhoog+%26+al.+2003%2C+this+issue+of+Ecology+%26+Farming).+In+this+article+we+discuss+the+purposes+and+functions+of+such+principles+and+what+the+principles+should+look+like+in+order+to+meet+these+purposes.+We+state+that+there+is+a+need+for+identifying+a+few+basic+principles+for+organic+agriculture%2C+and+that+the+principles+must+be+normative%2C+or+ethical%2C+principles+on+how+to+act+in+an+organic+way%2C+if+organic+farming+is+to+continue+as+a+distinct+alternative+to+mainstream+agriculture.+We+argue+that+basic+normative+principles+can+help+resist+unwanted+developments%3B+support+the+development+and+extension+of+organic+agriculture+into+new+areas%2C+the+planning+of+proactive+research%2C+and+the+development+of+organic+rules%3B+and+serve+as+a+guide+for+practice+and+development+that%2C+to+some+degree%2C+will+lessen+the+need+for+ever+more+rules.+Finally%2C+we+present+examples+of+how+such+principles+can+be+formulated.&rft.publisher=IFOAM&rft.date=2004-05&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F2538%2F1%2FAlroe_and_Kristensen_2004_Basic_principles_for_organic_agriculture.pdf&rft.format=source&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F2538%2F2%2FAlroe_and_Kristensen_2004_Basic_principles_for_organic_agriculture.doc&rft.identifier=Alr%C3%83%C2%B8e%2C+Hugo+Fjelsted+and+Kristensen%2C+Erik+Steen+(2004)+Basic+principles+for+organic+agriculture%3A+Why%3F+And+what+kind+of+principles%3F+Ecology+%26+Farming%2C+No.+36%2C+pp.+27-30.+**&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F2538%2F