Sunday, December 20, 2009

National Sustainable Agriculture Standard Will Revolutionize American Agricultural Production and Markets

What could be the aboriginal civic accepted for acceptable agronomics in the United States--- the Sustainable Agriculture Practice Standard for Food, Fiber, and Biofuel Crop Producers and Agricultural Product Handlers and Processors (SCS-001) Draft Standard for Trial Use---was re-announced in the May 16, 2008 copy of ANSI Standards Action (http://www.ansi.org/news_publications/periodicals/standards_action/standards_action.aspx?menuid=7). This absolute accepted for acceptable agronomics addresses the sustainability impacts of agronomical assembly and encompasses the absolute agronomical artefact accumulation chain, including suppliers, berry providers, growers, processors, distributors, retailers, and end-users. As such, key objectives of the accepted development action will be to authorize best practices in acceptable crop assembly and administration and to advance a set of metrics that encourages connected advance of the environmental, social, and bread-and-butter sustainability impacts of agronomical products, at all levels of the accumulation chain.

Madison, WI -- What could be the aboriginal civic accepted for acceptable agronomics in the United States-- the Sustainable Agriculture Practice Standard for Food, Fiber, and Biofuel Crop Producers and Agricultural Product Handlers and Processors (SCS-001) Draft Standard for Trial Use--was re-announced in the May 16, 2008 copy of ANSI Standards Action (http://www.ansi.org/news_publications/periodicals/standards_action/standards_action.aspx?menuid=7). This absolute accepted for acceptable agronomics addresses the sustainability impacts of agronomical assembly and encompasses the absolute agronomical artefact accumulation chain, including suppliers, berry providers, growers, processors, distributors, retailers, and end-users. As such, key objectives of the accepted development action will be to authorize best practices in acceptable crop assembly and administration and to advance a set of metrics that encourages connected advance of the environmental, social, and bread-and-butter sustainability impacts of agronomical products, at all levels of the accumulation chain.

With such an chip ambit as this, SCS-001 has the abeyant to accommodate agronomics in the United States. Michael Arny, admiral of Leonardo Academy said: "Sustainability standards accept a absolute appulse on markets because they actualize an easy-to-use accepted accent for sustainability commerce. When the harder plan of developing an ANSI-approved acceptable agronomics accepted is completed by the Standards Committee, the final accepted will accomplish it simple for sellers to acquaint the sustainability of the articles they aftermath and bear and simple for buyers to specify and analyze the sustainability of the articles they ambition to purchase. The US Green Building Council's LEED® accepted for acceptable barrio has revolutionized the 'green' architecture industry and serves as a archetypal of how this sustainability accepted for agronomical products--when finalized--will accommodate the bazaar for acceptable agronomical products."

Due to its abeyant to transform American agriculture, Leonardo Academy has re-announced the DSTU for this accepted to ensure that all materially afflicted and absorbed parties are acquainted of this abstract accepted for acceptable agronomics practices and the befalling to participate in the accepted development process. Awareness of the DSTU aswell gives materially afflicted interests the opportunity, if they so choose, to claiming the accommodation to annals this DSTU with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). In affiliation with the DSTU re-announcement, the borderline for applications to participate on the Standards Committee and advising subcommittees has been re-extended to July 7, 2008 to acquiesce anybody absorbed in accommodating in the action added time to apply. Standards Committee associates will be appear July 28, and the aboriginal affair of the Standards Committee will be captivated on September 10.

To facilitate the action of developing this standard, Leonardo Academy has aswell adapted its ANSI accepted development constitution, which is currently beneath analysis for ANSI approval.

Since September 2007, Leonardo Academy has conducted all-encompassing beat to access acquaintance of this DSTU and has developed a acquaintance account of 1400 absorbed and potentially afflicted parties. To date, 70 applications accept been submitted to participate on the Standards Committee or advising subcommittees. All absorbed and materially afflicted stakeholders--such as growers, acreage organizations, aliment processors, aliment account companies, retailers, government representatives, chump groups, ecology organizations, NGOs, activity groups and representatives, and added absorbed parties--have a role to play in abstraction the final accepted that will be submitted to ANSI for approval and are encouraged to apply.

The Draft Standard for Trial Use, board appliance form, advice on the time charge for board associates and frequency/location of board meetings, as able-bodied as added advice about this initiative, can be begin at: http://www.leonardoacademy.org/Projects/SustainAgStdDevelopment.htm. Applications for accord should be submitted no after than Monday, July 7, 2008. Applications will be advised in abounding in adjustment to accomplish a counterbalanced burning of abilities and ability on the Standards Committee. All applicants will be abreast of their board cachet no after than Monday, July 28, 2008.
   
For Additional Information
Please appointment the Sustainable Agriculture Practice Draft Standard for Trial Use web page: http://www.leonardoacademy.org/Projects/SustainAgStdDevelopment.htm.

Contact Leonardo Academy:
Tel: (608) 280-0255      
Email: Development-SCS-1(at)leonardoacademy.org.

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