Elements and Performance Criteria
- Manage health and welfare in the enterprise
- Consider the requirements for the enterprise being managed to ensure optimal health and welfare and implement an optimal growing environment based on Organic Standards or agro-ecological principles
- Select and use varieties and genetics for the enterprise to optimise health and that match environmental conditions
- Implement a nutrition program for optimal enterprise health
- Monitor the enterprise constantly for health and welfare and keep records
- Develop preventative health strategies for the enterprise, communicate to others working in the enterprise and implement
- Use pest and disease inputs that meet relevant Organic Standards or agro-ecological principles where required
- Document use of any inputs for pest and disease management. Follow restrictions if applicable on prohibited or restricted inputs for organic systems
- Ensure transport and handling of organisms or produce is in compliance with organic certification requirements and animal welfare where applicable
- Maintain enterprise records required for organic certification where required
- Develop and implement enterprise nutrition requirements
- Determine nutrition requirements for the enterprise that takes into account seasonal variability and biological needs
- Implement a nutritional strategy that ensures optimal enterprise health at all times
- Use nutritional inputs in the nutrition program that meets relevant Organic Standards or agro-ecological principles
- Implement good storage practises for inputs to ensure quality is maintained
- Where applicable, integrate resources and nutrients from local and complementary biomass sources as part of the nutritional strategy
- Keep feed records for enterprise management and to ensure compliance to Organic Standards where applicable
- Develop and manage a suitable growing environment for the enterprise
- Undertake planning to ensure a suitable growing environment for the enterprise that takes into account all biological needs for the organisms
- Implement and manage enterprise infrastructure to ensure optimal growing conditions and enterprise welfare at all times
- Minimise waste and outputs from the enterprise by reusing and recycling by-products where possible
- Monitor the growing environment and infrastructure and improve where applicable
- Keep records on activities where applicable
- Implement a suitable restocking or breeding program for the enterprise
- Identify suitable source of organisms or genetics for the enterprise
- Ensure requirements for replacement stock for the enterprise are being met
- Select and use varieties and genetics for the enterprise that match business objectives
- Ensure the breeding or restocking strategy is meeting all animal welfare needs at all times where applicable
- Ensure transport and handling of any source stock is in compliance with organic certification requirements and animal welfare where applicable
- Implement enterprise animal welfare polices