Friday, January 4, 2008

Paraná, Brazil: Model for Organic Production

"The southern Brazilian state answers to one third of the companies connected to the OrganicsBrasil programme, which it houses. The state also has around 100 industries and 4,000 farmers dedicated to the production of organic food, which reaches 75,000 tonnes a month.

Curitiba - Paraná is considered a model in organic production in Brazil. Of the 42 Brazilian companies integrating OrganicsBrasil, a programme geared at promotion of the sector on the foreign market, 14 are from the state of Paraná. In all, there are around 100 industries and 4,000 farmers dedicated to the production of organic food in the state, which reaches 75,000 tonnes a year."


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