agricultural food production organic food production An agricultural production process that aims to produce food using natural substances and processes that have a limited negative environmental and human health impact as they encourage the responsible use of energy and natural resources like water, the maintenance of biodiversity, the preservation of regional ecological balances, enhancement of soil fertility, and animal welfare. Damion Dooley In Europe, "organic production"means the use of the production method compliant with the rules established in Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, at all stages of production, preparation and distribution.[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:189:0001:0023:EN:PDF] requires discussion