Sustainable Agriculture

A farming system that “capable of maintaining productivity and usefulness to society indefinitely and must be resource-conserving, socially supportive, commercially competitive, and environmentally sound.”

• Sustainable agriculture means, an integrated system of plant and animal production practices having a site-specific application that will, over the long term:
• satisfy human food and fibre needs;
• enhance environmental quality and the natural resource based upon which the agricultural economy depends;
• make the most efficient use of non-renewable resources and on-farm resources and integrate, where appropriate, natural biological cycles and controls;
• sustain the economic viability of farm operations;
• enhance the quality of life for farmers and society as a whole.