Organic agriculture was developed as a safe and sustainable farming system to produce healthy crops and livestock, without causing damage to environment. The use of genetically modified organisms is prohibited, as is the use of artificial chemical fertilisers and pesticides on the land, since they are harmful to the environment.

Put simply, organic farming could perhaps be described as using methods of crop and animal husbandry that work in harmony with nature as opposed to dominating it. Using safer methods to develop healthy fertile soil and growing a mixture of crops, the farm remains biologically balanced. This in turn encourages a wide variety of beneficial insects and wildlife that will act as natural predators to crop pests and enrich the soil with micro-organisms.