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This page contains useful guidance for Organic & Biodynamic certification<\/p>\n
Starting Farm conversion to Organic or Biodynamic<\/a><\/p>\n Convert your farm to Biodynamics<\/a><\/p>\n Convert from Organic \u2192 Biodynamic<\/a><\/p>\n Guidance \u2013 converting your farm \u2013 arable and horticulture<\/a><\/p>\n Guidance \u2013 converting your farm \u2013 top fruit and vines<\/a><\/p>\n Guidance \u2013 Demeter & Organic livestock feeding<\/a><\/p>\n Guidance \u2013 converting your farm \u2013 cattle and sheep<\/a><\/p>\n Guidance \u2013 converting your farm \u2013 pigs and poultry<\/a><\/p>\n Guidance \u2013 Livestock Management & Animal Health Plan<\/a><\/p>\n Also see our Trade & Labels page here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Guidance \u2013 labelling \u2013 Organic Products<\/a><\/p>\n Guidance \u2013 labelling \u2013 Demeter products<\/a><\/p>\n Food Standards Agency labelling guidance<\/a><\/p>\n You must use Organic seeds when available. Please use this website to check UK availability before submitting a derogation for non-organic seeds:<\/p>\n organicxseeds.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n If the seeds are not available as Organic, you need to compete this form and send it to us before purchasing any seeds:<\/p>\n Defra Derogation form \u2013 non-organic seeds<\/a><\/p>\n Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) seeds are not allowed in the Demeter standards because we consider it a form of GMO. Please check the list below before ordering your seeds. Note that many brassica seeds are actually CMS.<\/p>\n CMS free seeds positive list 2024-2025<\/a><\/p>\n Biodynamic Federation \u2013 Preparations good practice manual<\/a><\/p>\n Good practice in biodynamic preparation production<\/a><\/p>\n Stirring and Spraying the BD Preps<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This page contains useful guidance for Organic & Biodynamic certification Farm Conversion FAQs Starting Farm conversion to Organic or Biodynamic Convert your farm to Biodynamics Converting From Organic To Biodynamic Convert from Organic \u2192 Biodynamic Crop Guidance Guidance \u2013 converting your farm \u2013 arable and horticulture Guidance \u2013 converting your farm \u2013 top fruit and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Guidance - Livestock Management & Animal Health Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n CMS free seeds positive list 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1555","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7qi6Z-p5","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdcertification.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdcertification.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdcertification.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdcertification.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdcertification.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1555"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/bdcertification.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5554,"href":"https:\/\/bdcertification.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1555\/revisions\/5554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdcertification.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Converting From Organic To Biodynamic<\/h3>\n
Crop Guidance<\/h3>\n
Livestock Guidance<\/h3>\n
Animal Health Plan<\/h3>\n
Labelling<\/h3>\n
Seeds<\/h3>\n
Biodynamic Preparations<\/h3>\n
This page contains useful guidance for Organic & Demeter certification<\/h5>\r\n
Farm conversion FAQs<\/h3>\r\nStarting Farm conversion to Organic or Biodynamic<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\r\n\r\nConvert your farm to Biodynamics<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\r\n
Converting from Organic to Biodynamic<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nConvert from Organic \u2192 Biodynamic<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\n
Crop guidance<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nGuidance - converting your farm - arable and horticulture<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\r\n\r\nGuidance - converting your farm - top fruit and vines<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\n
Livestock guidance<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nGuidance - Demeter & Organic livestock feeding<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\nGuidance - converting your farm - cattle and sheep<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nGuidance - converting your farm - pigs and poultry<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\r\n
Animal Health Plan<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n
Labelling<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nSee the prepare for Brexit page for latest guidance<\/strong>\r\n\r\nGuidance - labelling - Organic Products<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nGuidance - labelling - Demeter products<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nFood Standards Agency labelling guidance<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\n
Seeds<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n
You can source open pollinated Organic & Biodynamic seeds here<\/h5>\r\n
seedcooperative.org.uk<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\r\n
You must use Organic seeds when available. <\/strong>You can check UK availability here Organicxseeds.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\r\n
If the seeds are not available as Organic you can fill in the derogation form below and send it to us, note we then need approval from DEFRA, so please allow time for this process, and do not purchase seeds before you receive\u00a0approval.<\/h5>\r\nDefra Derogation form \u2013 non-organic seeds<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\n
Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) seeds are not allowed in Demeter standards because we consider it a form of GMO, please check the list below before you order seeds<\/h5>\r\n
Biodynamic Preparations\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nBiodynamic Federation - Preparations good practice manual<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nGood practice in biodynamic preparation production<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\nStirring and Spraying the BD Preps<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\r\n