creators_name: Smolders, G.
creators_name: Walkenhorst, Michael
creators_name: Padel, S.
editors_name: Hovi, M.
editors_name: Martini, A.
editors_name: Padel, S.
type: bookchapter
datestamp: 2004-06-04
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:22:48
metadata_visibility: show
title: Dairy farms: constraints and recommendations for enhancing health, welfare and food saftey (Workshop results)
ispublished: pub
subjects: 7animalhealth
full_text_status: public
keywords: Tiergesundheit, organic farming, animal health, animal welfare, dairy farms
abstract: Results 

- It is necessary to improve the information to the public (who are the taxpayer and pay the subsidies) about organic farming as a system, that improves animal health and welfare.
- Consumers must get accurate information about the organic products they buy.
- Producers should be informed about organic farming before they convert (so they know what to expect): they should be told about the regluations and pointed to the available information about organic farming.
- Veterinarians should be informed (part of the teaching curriculum in vet schools) about the holistic system, the importance of preventive health management on organic farms and about alternative treatments.
- In communication to the policy makers (the government), organic farming should be presented as a different farming system and not as a conventional system with some alteration.
date: 2003
date_type: published
publication: Socio-economic aspects of animal health and food safety in organic farming systems. Proceedings of the 1st SAFO Workshop. 5.-7. September 2003, Florence, Italy
publisher: SAFO Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming. A European Commission funded Concerted Action Project
pagerange: 91-93
refereed: never
citation: Smolders, G.; Walkenhorst, Michael and Padel, S. (2003) Dairy farms: constraints and recommendations for enhancing health, welfare and food saftey (Workshop results). In: Hovi, M.; Martini, A. and Padel, S. (Eds.) Socio-economic aspects of animal health and food safety in organic farming systems. Proceedings of the 1st SAFO Workshop. 5.-7. September 2003, Florence, Italy, SAFO Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Farming. A European Commission funded Concerted Action Project, pp. 91-93.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/2710/1/walkenhorst-2003-working-group-report-dairy-farms.pdf