Farm sales, markets, producer stores, AMAP (Associations for the Maintenance of Peasant Agriculture), basket systems, online sales, collective catering, solidarity-focused short supply chains… In recent years, increasingly innovative initiatives have been launched to promote short supply chains* in organic farming. With a dual objective: to facilitate the geographical and economic accessibility of organic products.
From September 20 to 28, the organic producer groups of the FNAB network (National Federation of Organic Agriculture) invite you to explore the diversity of these circuits through a campaign called “Eating Organic and Local is Ideal“.
A chance to rediscover the many benefits of organic products… and to combat preconceived notions. “Eating organic is too expensive? Organic products come from far away… I prefer local! What guarantee does the organic label provide?”
Organic and local are often pitted against each other. However, they are not opposed: on the contrary, they complement each other.
Consuming food products that are locally produced reduces the number of intermediaries, decreases polluting transports, and actively contributes to strengthening the economic vitality of our regions by creating more jobs than conventional agriculture.
And today it is easy, as short supply chains* offering organic products continue to develop. They are now accessible and diversified: farm sales, markets, producer stores, AMAP, basket systems, online sales, collective catering…
In 2010, more than 966,000 people worked regularly on farms in metropolitan France, either full-time or part-time. The number of these permanent workers decreased by 26% in ten years, and by 52% in twenty years. The decline is equivalent to that of the number of farms (Agreste data). In the next ten years, the cessation of activity is expected to affect the generation most represented in the agricultural world. Finally, 200 farms on average disappear every week in France…
Organic farming is the most regulated agricultural production method in France. The “Euroleaf” logo, mandatory since 2010 in all European Union countries, ensures European visibility and guarantees consumers compliance with the specifications at least once a year. The French AB (Agriculture Biologique) logo, as well as other private certification logos, can be added as a complement.
