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Soil Association

The word “organic” is defined by law.

Certification and inspection, carried out by the Soil Association, ensures that standards are adhered to.

It has its highest profile is in the food industry.

As cotton in not grown in the UK it is more usual to see other symbols certifying that a product is organic such as the EKO sustainable textiles mark.

The Soil Association makes extremely stringent checks to ensure that no product contains any GM material. A mechanism has been set up which can validate the purity of the crop at each stage of the supply chain. Crops that come through this system are known as 'identity preserved'.

Organic farmers aim to produce crops from a balanced living soil. Strict regulations, known as standards, define what they can and can't do. They place strong emphasis on protecting the environment.

Organic farmers use crop rotations to make the soil more fertile. For example, a farmer might graze sheep on a field one year, making the soil more fertile, then plant crops the next and so on.

They can only use, as a last resort - four of the hundreds of pesticides available to farmers. Other associations may specify up to seven designated pesticides.

For more details: www.soilassociation.org