The Agriculture and Rural Development Committee of the National Assembly for Wales has conducted a review of organic farming policy in Wales. On April 17th 2002 it agreed terms of reference for its enquiry as follows:

to assess the future prospects for organic farming in Wales, the appropriateness and achievability of current Welsh Assembly Government targets and consequent implications for policy and resource allocation within the budget for agriculture and rural development.

The Committee took oral evidence from a range of individuals and organizations and received a number of written submissions, below.

Download the final report, The Future of Organic Farming in Wales (Dyfodol Ffermio Organig yng Nghymru). The report was launched on 6th February 2003.

The Minister for Rural Development, Michael German, made his formal response to the report on 11th March. To see the full text of his response, click here.

To see some of the written submissions sent into this Review, click on the links below.

Tesco

Sainsbury

Food Standards Agency

Soil Association

Welsh Consumer Council

Organic Strategy Group/Organic Centre Wales