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The Principle Behind the Approach
We recognise pain and tension around the cervical (neck), shoulders, and lumbar (low back) on clients with various physical symptoms. The pain and tension may be subtle and often hidden, only to be revealed through palpation, or gradually revealed over the course of treatment.
There is a positive co-relationship between this pain/ tension and many physical symptoms. That is to say, the location and severity of pain/ tension in the shoulders/ spine correspond to many physical symptoms.
Therefore, our treatment goal is to help the body let go of the pain and tension so that the symptoms improve.
Symptoms Benefitting from Treatment
It takes time, and improvements are in stages. Based on our clinical experience, the following symptoms can benefit from our treatment programme.
Mobility & Balance associated with MS, Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Energy Level associated with MS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Stress, Depression, Anxiety
Neck/back pain associated with MS, Stress, Accident, Anxiety, Depression, Sports injuries
Pins/needles/numbness in arms & legs associated with MS, Stress, Accident, Sports injuries
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Organic Farming in Germany
as of: February 2016
This information pamphlet gives a brief overview of organic farming in Germany. It presents statutory rules, organic farming associations as well as the development and support of organic farms.
- 1. What does organic farming mean?
- 2. What about the quality of organic food?
- 3. EU legislation governing organic farming
- 4. Organic Farming Act
- 5. Inspection
- 6. Organic farms in Germany
- 7. Income situation
- 8. Support for organic farming
- 9. Bio-Siegel (German organic production logo)
- 10. Federal Organic Farming Scheme and other forms of sustainable agriculture (BÖLN)
- 11. Strategy For The Future Of Organic Farming
- 12. Research
- 13. Federal Organic Farming Competition
- 14. Outlook
1. What does organic farming mean?
The guiding principle of organic farming is management in harmony with nature. Here, the agricultural holding is mainly perceived as an organism comprising the components man, flora, fauna and soil.
In its various forms, organic farming enjoys a long-standing tradition. Biodynamic farming was introduced in 1924 and the origins of organic-biological or environmentally-adapted farming also date back well into the last century.
More than other methods of cultivation, organic farming aims to:
- achieve a closed nutrient cycle on the farm, if possible. The farm is to establish its own feed and nutrient bases;
- preserve and enhance soil fertility and
- keep animals in a manner conducive to their welfare.
In so doing, organic farming focuses on the following measures:
- no plant protection with synthetically produced chemicals, cultivation of fewer susceptible varieties in suitable crop rotations, using beneficial species, mechanical weed control measures such as hoeing and flame weeding;
- no utilisation of easily soluble mineral fertilisers, application of organically fixed nitrogen mainly in the form of manure or manure compost; green manuring with nitrogen-fixing plants (leguminosae) and use of slow-acting natural fertilisers;
- preserving soil fertility through intensive humus management;
- diverse and long crop rotations with many crop rotation links and intermediate crops;
- no application of synthetically produced chemical growth regulators;
- limited, strictly landrelated stocking density;
- feeding animals on farm-grown feed, if possible, few purchased feedstuffs;
- largely dispensing with the use of antibiotics.
Organic farming is specifically geared to sustainability
It conserves and protects natural resources to a major extent, whilst having diverse positive effects on the environment, for instance:
Soil conservation
Organic farming methods promote humus formation and soil biota. In the fields and meadows of organic farmers there is usually more biomass and increased microbial activities than in conventional farming. Natural soil fertility is also higher. Losses of topsoil caused by erosion are largely avoided.
Water conservation
As a rule, organic farming does not pollute ground and surface waters with nutrients like nitrates as much as conventional farming. As it dispenses with synthetically produced chemicals, there is no input of these pesticides into the soil. Since organic animal husbandry is a land-related activity, normally no more nutrients accrue from manure and slurry than can be applied to plants on the farm's own land without any difficulty.
Species protection
Organic farming promotes the diversity of flora and fauna as it dispenses with synthetically produced chemical pesticides and has a low level of fertilisation. Often, there are more species on organically than on conventionally farmed land.
Animal welfare
Welfare-oriented animal husbandry meets the principles of organic farming and is guaranteed. Animals are allowed sufficient open-air access in organic farming. Their housing conditions are reviewed on a regular basis.
2. What about the quality of organic food?
Quality through the production process
To determine the quality of a foodstuff, the specific characteristics not only of the product but also of its production and processing must be gauged and proven. Yet, science is still in its infancy when it comes to the objective assessment of products from different production processes. However, in chemical-analytical terms, organic products frequently and demonstrably show better quality features than conventional produce. In several instances they boast equally good features and only in rare cases poorer quality features than conventional produce. As the use of chemical and synthetic fertilisers and pesticides in organic production is banned, there are hardly any residues of these substances in organic products. This is repeatedly confirmed by investigations carried out in the course of official food inspections. Occasionally, however, organic products also contain residues of pesticides, caused for example by drift from neighbouring fields under conventional management, by pollution of the soil with persistent pesticides, or by contamination with environmental pollutants.
Fewer ingredients, additives and processing agents
An increasing number of consumers are subject to food intolerances. Organic foods often offer this group of consumers a significantly lower allergy potential, as, under the EU legislation governing organic farming, it is only admissible to have a very limited number of ingredients, additives and processing agents in organic products. These are stated specifically in socalled positive lists. With regard to additives alone, only 50 of a total of over 320 are admitted, i.e. approximately only a sixth and these only in a restricted and product-related manner. In comparison to conventional foods, the number of substances which may be contained in the product is many times lower. Some producer associations limit the number of potential additives even further. It is important for consumers that even the smallest quantities of these substances are usually listed individually on the packaging. This means that consumers are able to gain in-depth information and, via their choice of foods, to reduce the possibility of ingesting additives.
Some studies show a higher content of vitamins, minerals, trace elements and secondary plants substances in crop products from organic farming. But there are also studies that show no significant difference between products from organic and conventional farming. No conclusive assessment has been made.
Organic food and organic vegetables, as a rule, contain less nitrate and fewer pesticide residues. Some tests indicate higher dry matter content of organic produce compared with conventional products. In some cases, the lower water content results in higher levels of value-enhancing ingredients in organic produce. Organic plant products often have a higher content of secondary plant substances which are considered valuable by nutritionists.
Welfare-oriented animal husbandry and nutrition play a key role in the quality assessment of animal products from organic farming. Every animal is entitled to space, light and fresh air. Every animal is, therefore, granted access to outdoor runs and pasture land. Fully-slatted floors are prohibited in cattle, pig and sheep farming. Organic eggs were found to have fewer residues of antibiotics and a higher egg yolk weight than eggs derived from conventionally kept and fed hens. And there has been no confirmed case of BSE in cattle born and reared on an organic farm.
Scientific studies
No scientific studies to determine whether the regular consumption of organic foods is generally more health-promoting than the consumption of conventional products have been conducted up to now. One principle is clear: food may not jeopardise health in general.
A study conducted by the Max Rubner Institute came to the following conclusion: "There is no clear answer so far to the question whether buyers of organic food eat healthier food, in general. Therefore, 13,000 persons ranging in age from 18 to 80 years have been characterized in a thorough manner on the basis of the data provided by the national food consumption survey II. The results show that there is a connection between the purchase of organic foods and the dietary habits and lifestyle.
Buyers of organic food eat healthier food, are frequently non-smokers and are actively engaged in sports. All in all, they pursue a lifestyle that can be assessed as being better in health terms than that of non-buyers of organic food. When it comes to buying food, aspects of a healthy diet are equally important as altruistic criteria." (see http://www.mri.bund.de)
3. EU legislation governing organic farming
Council Regulation No 834/2007/EC of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation No 2092/91/EEC and its detailed implementing rules (EU legislation governing organic farming) lays down precisely the production and manufacture requirements for agricultural produce and foods labelled as organic products. It ties in with the basic guidelines of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), encompassing about 750 associations from over 100 countries.
The EU legislation governing organic farming protects consumers from deception and prevents unfair competition Europe-wide. All organic goods produced and sold in the European Union must meet the standards set by this Regulation. The food designations must not be misleading, either.
The rules laid down in the so-called Basic Regulation contain the objectives and principles of organic production as well as permanent import arrangements. Stringent production standards prescribed by organic farming must be complied with. The control system accompanying the entire production process and trade is risk-based.
EU organic farming logo
Pre-packaged foodstuffs from the EU have to bear the European Union logo for organic/biological production (abbreviated to "EU organic farming logo") on the packaging. The use of the organic farming logo is optional for products imported from third countries. The indication of the place of origin in the form of "EU Agriculture", "non-EU Agriculture" and "EU/non-EU Agriculture" is required in addition to the EU organic farming logo. The abovementioned indication "EU" or "non-EU" may be replaced or supplemented by a country if all agricultural raw materials (at least 98%) of which the product is composed have been produced in one country. For the abovementioned "EU" or "non-EU" indication, small quantities by weight of ingredients may be disregarded provided that the total quantity of the disregarded ingredients does not exceed 2 % of the total quantity by weight of raw materials of agricultural origin. The simultaneous use of state labels such as the German Bio-Siegel and the use of private logos such as those of the growers associations continues to be possible. More stringent standards set by associations or trademarks may be used for labelling and advertising.
Irradiation and genetic engineering
It is prohibited to treat organic foods or feedstuffs and the raw materials used for their production with ionising radiation.
Genetically modified organisms (GMO) or their derivatives may not be used. The labelling threshold for the unintended presence of authorised GMO, which is normally 0.9%, also applies to organic products.
Detailed rules through positive lists
The EU legislation governing organic farming prescribes exactly how producers and processors have to produce their commodities and which substances they may use in the process. If a substance is not expressly authorised in so-called positive lists, it may not be used. The same applies to the use of ingredients of non-agricultural origin.
In principle, all ingredients of agricultural origin must be organically grown; strictly limited exemptions are possible for up to 5 % of the entire product. A sufficient volume of ingredients of organic quality is not always available. The EU legislation governing organic farming, therefore, allows the use of some ingredients from conventional agriculture if they are necessary for the production of particular goods and if it can be proven that they can neither be produced in the EU of the requisite organic quality nor imported. This applies, for example, to specific exotic fruits or some spices and oils. Ingredients which have not been produced organically must be listed in Annex IX to Regulation EC No. 889/2008 or, in duly substantiated cases, the competent authority may have granted an exception. Only with an organic percentage of at least 95 % can the foodstuff be sold as an organic product and be labelled with the German Organic Production Logo "Bio-Siegel", the EU organic logo and – where appropriate - other organic logos. If the organic percentage of ingredients is less than 95 %, the list of ingredients may refer to the organic ingredients subject to certain conditions. These products may not then be designated as "bio" or "eco". Any form of emphasis is not allowed.
The EU rules contain the following key points:
Plant production
- conversion provisions concerning farms with plant production;
- preserving and increasing soil fertility through special soil tillage and
- multiannual crop rotations;
- supplementary fertilisers and pesticides only if they are stated in specific positive lists;
- using organically propagated seed and planting stock, in principle.
Animal husbandry
- conversion provisions concerning farms and animals of non-organic origin;
- stockfarming is a land-related activity;
- a general ban on keeping livestock tethered, upon expiry of transitional periods this ban will apply to all types of animal husbandry except for small holdings;
- livestock must be fed organically produced feedstuffs;
- keeping animals healthy mainly by encouraging their natural immunological defence;
- safeguarding maximum consumer safety through regular controls and certification of origin for organically-produced meat.
The production of marine animals and seaweed is a relatively new line of business in organic farming. It had been developed because the targeted breeding and husbandry of aquatic organisms (aquaculture) has become increasingly important, also with regard to sea fisheries production, which must be distinguished from it.
The aim of organic aquaculture is to safeguard the production of prime quality products while minimizing the strain on the aquatic environment. Detailed Community legislation has been in effect since 1 July 2010. As in organic farming in general, welfare-oriented husbandry takes top priority here, too.
The implementing Commission regulation (EU) No 203/2012 of 8 March 2012 has applied since 1 August 2012. It supplements Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 by rules governing organic wine-making. The Regulation, among other things, lays down rules for specific approved organic wine-making practices.
The following shall apply to the labelling of organic wine:
Wine that will be produced according to the new provisions as of 1 August 2012 may be designated as organic wine. In this case, the labelling with the EU organic logo, as in the case of all organic products, will become mandatory. The indication "wine from organic production grapes" will then no longer be permissible.
Wine stocks that have already been produced until 31 July 2012 and that meet the requirements of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 or Regulation (EC) No. 834/2007 may continue to be marketed with the indication "wine from organic production grapes" until the exhaustion of stocks. Insofar that it can be proven that the wine-making process used complies with the new Regulation (EU) No. 203/2012, this wine may already be designated as organic wine coupled with the mandatory EU organic logo.
Third country imports
Another area with comprehensive rules is the implementing provisions for imports from third countries (see Regulation (EC) No. 1235/2008). These rules are intended to ensure that agricultural products and foods from non-EU countries may only be freely marketed as organic product in the EU if these countries have compliant or equivalent regulations regarding both production rules and inspection measures.
The European Commission has already inspected and listed some third countries with their production rules and control systems. By including these countries in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 (list of recognised third countries or third country list), the Commission has recognised that the production and inspection rules for specific product categories in these countries are equivalent to EU legislation for organic farming. Only listed products of these countries may be imported into the EU without specific marketing authorisation and placed on the market with a reference to organic production methods. This is subject to the products having been inspected and certified by an approved inspection body.
In addition, the European Commission has recognised for the purpose of equivalence a number of control bodies operating in third countries that are responsible for carrying out controls in third countries and issuing certificates. It has included these recognised bodies and authorities in a list.
Current discussion about substantial changes
On 25 March 2014, the European Commission presented a proposal for a new Regulation on organic production and the labelling of organic products and a proposal for an action plan promoting the further development of organic farming in the EU. Under these proposals, the European Commission intends to tighten the production rules as well as reorganise the structure of the Regulation.
With this legislative proposal, the EU Commission also intends to make the adaptation of the provisions to the Lisbon Treaty.
The proposal for a new Regulation is currently being discussed in various bodies.
Further information about the negotiations: Reforming the EU Regulation on Organic Farming
4. Organic Farming Act
The Organic Farming Act (ÖLG) pools specific executive functions in organic farming in Germany, whilst increasing the effective implementation of the EU legislation governing organic farming. The Organic Farming Act was promulgated in the Federal Law Gazette on 15 July 2002 and was adapted to the amended EU legislation governing organic farming by means of a new wording that took effect as from 1 January 2009. A further amendment to the ÖLG entered into force on 1 December 2013. It serves to clarify and supplement the changes in EU legislation in the area of organic farming. These changes are concerned with the publication of records and certificates of organic companies that are subject to the organic inspection system.
Furthermore, the legal amendment enables a Land authority competent for overseeing the activities of an inspection body for organic products, once it has initiated the withdrawal procedure, to take immediate action against the inspection body if serious violations are detected. The authority may temporarily prohibit the inspection body from carrying out the control activity in question in its Land without having to wait for the outcome of a withdrawal procedure conducted by BLE. The provisions serve to strengthen the inspection system in organic farming.
Regulatory areas of the Organic Farming Act
Reporting duties
The Act stipulates that inspection bodies should always be required to notify the competent authority for the respective holding of established irregularities or violations as defined in the EU legislation governing organic farming. This shall also apply to cases where the queried produce originates from another EU Member State. As far as the information requirements in the case of other irregularities are concerned, the Laender (federal states) made their own separate arrangements within their competence for the monitoring of inspection bodies.
Each inspection body must keep a list of the businesses covered by its checks and publish this list on the Internet for the competent authorities, economic operators and consumers. The inspection bodies are not only required to provide the competent authorities with the necessary information, but are also obliged to inform each other as well.
Delegation of tasks from the Laender (federal states) to the private inspection bodies:
The Laender governments may delegate specific inspection tasks wholly or in part to the inspection bodies operating in the respective Land. The Laender governments are also entitled to delegate sovereign tasks to the private inspection bodies by raising loans.
Pooling of executive functions
The following executive functions have been pooled at the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food:
- approval of the private inspection bodies operating in Germany, including the issue of code numbers and withdrawal of approval,
- granting of authorisations for the marketing of organic products imported from third countries,
- provisional approval of the use of non-organic ingredients of agricultural origin.
Compulsory checks in away-from-home consumption
The rules governing the inspections of away-from-home consumption for compliance with organic farming standards have not been harmonised throughout the EU. However, the Organic Farming Act stipulates that community catering establishments such as restaurants, staff canteens and large-scale catering establishments are, if they commercially market organic products, subject to the inspection and labelling provisions of the EU legislation governing organic farming.
Provisions regarding penalties and fines
Violations of the EU legislation governing organic farming are liable to one-year imprisonment or a fine of up to € 30,000. This applies especially to the fraudulent use of indications referring to organic production methods in the labelling and advertising of organic products.
5. Inspection
Just like conventional products, organic products must comply with the generally valid provisions under food and feed law. They are examined within the scope of the control mechanisms envisaged there.
If products are to be presented as organic products, the inspection scheme and procedure under the EU legislation governing organic farming must also be carried out. In accordance with the EU legislation governing organic farming, it is up to the Member States to decide whether they let government agencies carry out the inspection procedure alone or whether they opt for a state-supervised private system. The latter system operates in Germany.
Due to Germany's federal structure, 16 supervisory authorities of the Laender are responsible for 18 approved inspection bodies currently operating in the market.
The private inspection bodies control and monitor compliance with the EU legislation governing organic farming on the spot. An inspection agreement is concluded between the company or business that is subject to inspection and the inspection body. Companies or businesses thus undertake to adhere to the EU legislation governing organic farming and agree to the standard inspection scheme of the inspection body. The inspection body controls agricultural holdings as well as processors and importers at least once a year and more frequently, if necessary. The inspected holdings must bear the costs of inspection. The inspection is primarily a procedural inspection supplemented by elements of final product inspection in special cases. All the same, soil and plant samples are also taken and residue analyses carried out on a random basis and in all cases where there are reasonable grounds for suspicion.
Articles 63 to 92 of the detailed rules implementing the EU legislation governing organic farming set out the minimum inspection requirements for agricultural holdings, processors, stockkeepers, distributors and importers.
Accordingly, producers and processors must specify precisely which areas, which buildings and which facilities are used in production. Holdings are obliged to precisely record and list all inputs and products entering the holdings at all stages of processing. Everything sold by the farm or holding must be recorded in their books, what, how much and to whom. This guarantees the traceability of organic products back to the producer.
In addition to this, since 2010 the inspection bodies in Germany have been required to observe binding detailed quality assurance measures stipulated in the organic inspection procedure.
Against the backdrop of the particularly strong growth of the organic market Germany has experienced for many years, it is necessary to permanently secure the functioning of the inspection system for organic farming in line with the legislation, in order to guarantee a high consumer protection level and fair competition between the inspection bodies on the basis of a sound inspection quality. Therefore the BMEL has put the detailed criteria already established for the accreditation of private inspection bodies on a federally harmonised legal basis by adopting the Ordinance on the Accreditation of Inspection Bodies pursuant to the Act Concerning Organic Farming (ÖLG-Kontrollstellen-Zulassungsverordnung), which entered into force on 12 May 2012.
6. Organic farms in Germany
At the end of 2014, there were 23,398 organic-production holdings in Germany farming 1,047,633 hectares of land organically in accordance with the EU legislation governing organic farming. They account for 8.2 % of all holdings, farming around 6.3 % of the total utilised agricultural area (see table 1 and table 2).
Most organic farms in Germany have joined associations. In addition to the Bioland and Demeter associations (the largest and oldest organic associations), there are also other associations such as Naturland, Biokreis, Bundesverband Ökologischer Weinbau (Federation for Organic Viticulture, ECOVIN), Gäa, Ecoland, Biopark and the Verband Ökohöfe.
Representatives from organic farming associations, organic food processors and organic trade founded the "Bund Ökologischer Lebensmittelwirtschaft" (BÖLW, Organic Food Industry Federation) in 2002 as the umbrella organisation of the entire organic sector.
Some of the guidelines of German organic farming associations are stricter than those laid down in the EU legislation governing organic farming.
For example, pursuant to the EU legislation governing organic farming, a holding may under certain circumstances only partially convert to organic farming, whereas the organic farming associations always prescribe the total conversion of a holding.
In Germany, the conversion of the entire holding is a prerequisite for support with public funds.
|Share in total farmland
* Due to a change in coverage in Thuringia not fully comparable with previous years
|Number of holdings
|Share in total number of agricultural holdings
* Due to a change in coverage in Thuringia not fully comparable with previous years
7. Income situation
According to calculations by the Thünen Institute, organic test farms earned, on average, profits plus labour costs per man-work unit (MWU) in the 2014/15 marketing year of € 33,222.As compared to the previous year, this corresponds to a rise of 2 %. Comparable conventional farms earned, on average, in the 2014/15 marketing year profits plus labour costs per MWU of € 31,533. Thus, the average income of the organic test farms exceeded the income of the conventional reference farms by around EUR 1,700 or 5 percent (see figure 1).
The accounting results of 425 organic farms and of 2,106 conventional reference farms were used for the 2014/15 marketing year (http://www.ti.bund.de).
Fig. 1: Development of profits plus labour costs per MWU in organic farms and in comparable conventional farms in Germany (click to enlarge)
8. Support for organic farming
Grounds for support
The production of organic products is very environmentally sound and sustainably conserves resources. Organic farming makes a significant contribution to climate change mitigation and to biodiversity conservation and enhancement. It also safeguards jobs in rural areas.
However, it also necessitates added management effort in farming and greater labour intensity for the processing sectors. That is why organic products are more expensive than conventional foods.
It is especially difficult for holdings to make the transition to organic farming as they may not market products as organic produce until after a conversion period. Moreover, new organic farms frequently have to find new marketing channels for their produce.
Legal foundation for support
Germany has, therefore, promoted the introduction of organic farming with public funds since 1989. Up to 1992, organic farming had been promoted by a variant of the EU extensification scheme that banned the use of synthetically produced chemical fertilisers and pesticides on the entire farm. In addition, animal husbandry had to adhere to basic rules of organic farming.
Since 1994, the introduction and maintenance of organic farming has been supported under the Länder programmes for rural development (RDPs). This support is currently based on Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (Art. 29 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013) and the Delegated Regulation (EU) No 807/2014 as amended. The requirements laid down in these Regulations are relevant for the structuring of this support in the EU programming period from 2014 onwards. The co-financing of measures with EU funds is also based on these Regulations.
The Act on a Joint Task for the Improvement of Agricultural Structure and Coastal Protection (GAK Act – GAKG) forms the national legal basis for support under the joint task, i.e. for the financial participation of the federal government in support measures. Under the GAK framework plan, the support for organic farming is laid down in the aid section on "market-adapted and site-adapted land management" (group of measures B). It is implemented by way of support guidelines at Land level under the responsibility of the Länder for the implementation of GAK measures.
The national funds are therefore co-financed at a rate of 60 : 40 by the federal government and the Länder. The maximum EU contribution rate is 75% of the eligible public expenditure (85% in less developed regions and in the outermost regions) (Regulation (EU) No 305/2013).
4.5% of the direct payments under the first pillar have been be redistributed to the second pillar of the CAP since 2015, i.e. approx. € 226 to 231 million annually, opening up new financial scope for the Länder as of 2016. According to a decision adopted by the Conference of Agriculture Ministers of the Länder on 4 November 2013, the funds transferred from the first to the second pillar are to be used only for the promotion of sustainable agriculture, particularly for grassland sites, for grazing stock, for area-based agri-environmental and climate protection measures, for the strengthening of particularly welfare-oriented husbandry methods and animal welfare, for organic farming and for the compensatory allowance in naturally less-favoured regions. These funds do not have to be nationally co-financed (100% EU funds).
The grant recipients for the introduction and maintenance of organic farming shall be "active farmers" within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013.
Under the so-called 1st Pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy, direct payments have been tied more strongly to specific environmental services as of 2015 and have thus been "greened" considerably. Organic farming is exempt from these greening provisions of the aforementioned EU Regulation since the requirements to be met by these farming practices go far beyond the provision of these environmental services.
In 2014, the introduction and maintenance of organic farming in Germany was supported with € 158,5 million by funds from the EU, the federal government and the Länder governments. Under the GAK 2015 framework plan, support under the above-mentioned promotion guidelines is structured as follows:
|Type of culture
|Aids for the introduction of organic farming methods per hectare
|Aids for the retention of organic farming methods per hectare
|Vegetable growing
|590 Euro (480 Euro)
|360 Euro (300 Euro)
|Arable land
|250 Euro (210 Euro)
|210 Euro (170 Euro)
|250 Euro (210 Euro)
|210 Euro (170 Euro)
|Land under permanent crops or nursery crops
|950 Euro (900 Euro)
|750 Euro (720 Euro)
Under EU legislation, the payments are granted to compensate farmers for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone related to special management requirements. The payments were recalculated and raised in view of the changed price-cost ratios on the market.
As from 2015, support rates under the GAK amount to € 250 per hectare of arable land and grassland for holdings embarking on organic farming and € 210 per hectare for holdings that maintain organic farming. This corresponds to an increase of 19% (introduction) and 24% (maintenance) as compared with 2013. Holdings that participate in the control procedure under the EU legislation on organic farming can receive an additional € 50 per hectare, up to a maximum of € 600 per holding. The Länder may increase or lower the amounts listed in Table 5 by up to 30%.
The premiums are set by the Länder, within the scope of their competence for the implementation of the GAK measures, against the backdrop of political priority setting and the available Land budget funds. Hence the GAK provides the framework for the setting of the premiums. The premiums set out in the support guidelines of the Länder are decisive and can be accessed on http://www.oekolandbau.de/erzeuger/oekonomie/foerderung/.
GAK also promotes the improvement of the processing and marketing of quality products, including organically produced agricultural products. The support covers the following measures: foundation of and actions taken by producer groups, investments for the processing and marketing of agricultural products (quality products) and co-operations (collaboration). The recipients comprise producer groups and processing and marketing businesses (with remits that do not include activities related to the production of agricultural products), processing and marketing businesses for agricultural products within the scope of co-operations, and co-operations. Between 2000 and 2014, this aid section was allocated EU, federal government and Länder funds totalling € 25.9 million.
9. Bio-Siegel (German organic production logo)
The Bio-Siegel constitutes an important step in the development of the organic market in Germany. The label may be used on a voluntary basis. The underlying standard set by the EU legislation governing organic farming as well as the waiving of further procedural steps such as the award or licensing procedures permit broad use of the label, even for products from other EU states and third countries. Community law does not allow a state label that goes beyond the standard set by the EU legislation governing organic farming.
This label can be used to mark any unprocessed agricultural products or any agricultural products processed for human consumption that are subject to the EU legislation governing organic farming as long as the prerequisites regarding the indications referring to organic production methods under Article 23 of the EU Basic Regulation on Organic Farming have been met. This basically means that the products are manufactured and controlled in accordance with the requirements of the EU legislation governing organic farming.
As the Bio-Siegel is based on the EU legislation governing organic farming, it is fully subject to its inspection provisions. The implementation of inspections falls within the competence of the Länder.
On 15 December 2001, an Eco-labelling Act took effect to legally protect the Bio-Siegel. The Eco-labelling Ordinance, which is based on the Eco-labelling Act, entered into force on 16 February 2002. It lays down detailed rules regarding the design and use of the Bio-Siegel. The Eco-labelling Ordinance also expressly permits the option of affixing national or regional indications of origin in the immediate environment of the Bio-Siegel, e.g. the "Bio-zeichen" of Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and Rhön. The Eco-labelling Act was adapted to the amended EU legislation governing organic farming with effect from 1 January 2009.
The Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung; BLE) in 53168 Bonn provides information for interested market operators.
Since the announcement of the Bio-Siegel on 5 September 2001, 4,615 users of the label have notified the information centre of the labelling of 72,358 products (as of 31 January 2016).
Businesses from the processing and trade sectors in particular use the Bio-Siegel. The Bio-Siegel establishes transparency and reliable guidance for consumers in the maze of trademarks in the organic sector.
The processing and trade sectors now have an uncomplicated label with the Bio-Siegel that does not interfere with competition and that contributes to the reliable supply of a sufficient volume all year round. The Bio-Siegel can be used in addition to the EU organic logo.
10. Federal Organic Farming Scheme and other forms of sustainable agriculture (BÖLN)
In 2002, the Federal Organic Farming Scheme was set up to improve the general conditions for organic farming. The Scheme was extended to include other forms of sustainable agriculture under a resolution adopted by the German Bundestag on 26 November 2010.
The Federal Organic Farming Scheme and other forms of sustainable agriculture (BÖLN) aim at improving the general conditions for the organic agri-food sector and other forms of sustainable agriculture in Germany and at paving the way for a well-balanced expansion of supply and demand.
Building on the identification of problems and development potential, the Scheme envisages support measures where growth can be efficiently boosted by closing gaps in support.
A range of different measures for all areas of the production chain are included under this general aim: from agri-cultural production, data collection, and processing to trade, marketing and consumers.
Since the start of the programme, a total of around 910 research projects have been supported with a funding volume of some € 120 million. In addition, far more than 50 measures, including a knowledge transfer and advanced training programme with several hundred one-day and multi-day seminars for representatives of the entire value-added chain, were devised and implemented, while five support guidelines provided support for about 1,100 stalls at trade fairs, 140 information and sales promotion projects in organic farming and more than 480 holdings either in the lead-up to or during their conversion to organic farming.
The financial resources of BÖLN are used within the framework of the ERA-NET (European Research Area Network) CORE Organic II scheme (Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming II) to support transnational research projects in organic farming. Under ERA-NET, national and regional research organisations and programme agencies coordinate their funding activities in the European research area. 26 partners from 21 European countries are now involved in the research network for organic farming.
Both the composition of this complementary package of measures and the concepts of the individual measures are continually adapted to take account of experiences and the changing conditions.
In 2006, in view of the market development which was emerging, the programme concentrated on central activi-ties to strengthen the competitive position of German producers and processors.
Financial envelope
The programme was provided with € 34.8 million for 2002, approximately € 36 million for 2003, € 20 million annually for 2004 to 2006, and € 16 million respectively for 2007 until 2012. Since 2013, € 17 million have been made available. An additional € 500,000 were made available in 2013 to increase the funds for the implementation of the protein crops strategy. The protein crops strategy, which had been included in the BÖLN since 2012, received its own title in the middle of 2014 and was taken out of the BÖLN to form an individual programme. The coalition agreement provides for a continuation of the BÖLN.
The Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food was charged with the implementation and execution of the Scheme. The Office for the Federal Organic Farming Scheme was set up there for this purpose.
11. Strategy For The Future Of Organic Farming
On 19 May 2015 Federal Minister of Agriculture Christian Schmidt gave the official starting shot for the devel-opment of a strategy for the future of organic farming.
Alongside representatives from the organic farming sector and with the involvement of the Länder, the relevant associations and science, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture aims to draw up concepts and recommen-dations for key areas of action as part of the strategy. It hopes to present this strategy for the future by the end of 2016.
The objective of the Organic Farming - Looking Forwards strategy is to contribute to strengthening organic farm-ing in Germany and to expand the total area of land used for organic farming purposes. This means that in devel-oping the strategy, political parameters are also to be analysed and strategies are to be developed to improve the relative quality of particularly sustainable production methods such as organic farming. In particular, strengthen-ing the range of regional organic goods is intended to open up business development opportunities for the future for small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises too.
Various scientific studies in recent years have shown that there is no central determining factor for more growth in German organic farming. In light of the complex interdependent relationships it is necessary for key areas of ac-tion to be interconnected within a coherent overall strategy.
Picking these areas of action is to be pragmatically orientated around the key question "What can be done, particularly at national level?", without pushing other approaches aside. The focus should be on proposals that lead to more growth in organic farming and which improve organic farming's sustainability performance.
The specific, operative plan of action set out in the forward-looking strategy will finally be transferred to a "road map" with concrete work and implementation stages. Since the strategy is modular, it will be possible, if required, to use interim results to implement certain recommendations before the whole strategy has been concluded.
The BMEL has assigned the Thünen Institute the task of coordinating and implementing the strategy's develop-ment. This includes in particular overseeing the various work stages, facilitating the discussion process as well as collating working groups' consultation results into recommendations for plans of action and coordinating these with the stakeholders.
The plans of action will be drawn up in close consultation with an advisory committee, whose members will be the same as in the advisory committee for the Federal Scheme for Organic Farming and other Forms of Sustainable Agriculture (BÖLN). The task of this advisory committee is to comment on interim results, give suggestions re-garding how to proceed, and incorporating industry expertise and perspectives.
12. Research
The Institute for Organic Farming, is, as part of the new research concept, now one of 15 institutes affiliated to the Thünen Institute. It is located at the Trenthorst site in Schleswig-Holstein.
The institute's tasks include subjects relating to organic farming and to the processing, safety and quality of or-ganic products. A large number of the research institutes affiliated to the BMEL are also dealing with these subjects. The research is organised on an interdisciplinary basis and to this extent meaningfully interlinked with research activities related to the conventional agricultural and food industries.
Under the Federal Organic Farming Scheme and other forms of sustainable agriculture, part of the funds will be used to support practice-orientated research and development projects.
In addition, any thematically relevant invitations to tender announced by the BMEL or other government departments can also be used to fund organic farming projects. The BMEL is pressing for tender offers for research projects, ERA-NET schemes, etc. to be instigated at the European level. The BMEL supports transnational research projects on organic farming via the ERA-NET CORE organic II scheme.
13. Federal Organic Farming Competition
Every year, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture stages the Federal Organic Farming Competition (BÖL) to reward innovative approaches in certain fields that have been successfully put into practice by organic farms.
These approaches are to set an example to other organic farms, whilst providing incentives for conventional farms to switch to organic farming. Another objective of this competition is to increase the general public's appreciation and understanding of organic farming as a particularly eco-friendly type of production.
The awards are presented to a total of up to three holdings or business co-operations and come with prize money of € 7,500 per winner, i.e. up to € 22,500 in total.
Information on the conditions for participation, the application areas and the application forms can be accessed on the Internet at: www.wettbewerb-oekolandbau.de.
14. Outlook
Germany has by far the greatest demand for organic products in the EU and is second only to the USA at global level.
The share of sales of organic foods in the total turnover of foods in Germany was up by around 10 % and amounted to around EUR 8.62 billion in 2015 (excluding away-from-home catering). In 2014 the figure was 7.91 billion EUR or 4.4 % of the total food market. Experts believe that organic farming still has considerable growth potential.
Organic production and regional products from welfare-oriented animal husbandry play an important role in agricultural policy. Organic farming is an element of Germany's national sustainability strategy. What is more, the organic products and transparent production processes truly reflect the wishes of many consumers.
Initiatives by economic stakeholders, especially in the marketing sector, are also needed to further increase sales of organic products.
In the final instance, the development of organic farming is up to the consumers. They are the ones who must be prepared to pay higher prices for organic produce and, in this way, to reward the special ecological contribution and quality features of organic farmers.
- As of:
- 18.11.16
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- Organic Farming in Germany (PDF, 2 MB, not barrier-free)
- National Programme for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops (PDF, 3 MB, not barrier-free)
- Report on active climate protection 2008 (PDF, 234 KB, not barrier-free)
- Information and Coordination Centre for Biological Diversity (IBV) (PDF, 1 MB, not barrier-free)
- Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity, Development and Sustainable Use of its Potentials in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (PDF, 3 MB, not barrier-free)
- Conservation and sustainable use of diversity (flyer) (PDF, 308 KB, not barrier-free)
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|Sour cream
|1⁄2 Pint (1 Cup)
|Chopped sweet pickles
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Ranch salad dressing and seasoning mix
|1 Ounce (1 Packet, The Original)
|Dry bread crumbs
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|White fish fillets
|1 1⁄2 Pound (Sole, Flounder, Snapper Or Turbot)
|1 , beaten
|Vegetable oil
|1 Tablespoon
To make sauce, in small bowl, combine sour cream, pickles and 2 tablespoons of the salad dressing & seasoning mix; cover and refrigerate. On large plate, combine bread crumbs and remaining salad dressing mix. Dip fillets in egg, then coat with bread crumb mixture. Fry fillets in 3 tablespoons oil until golden and fish flakes easily with fork. (Add more oil to pan if necessary to prevent sticking.) Serve with chilled sauce. Serve with French fries and lemon wedges, if desired.
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Calories 389 Calories from Fat 186
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 21 g32.4%
Saturated Fat 7.9 g39.5%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 196.6 mg65.5%
Sodium 876.1 mg36.5%
Total Carbohydrates 17 g5.6%
Dietary Fiber 0.42 g1.7%
Sugars 6.6 g
Protein 34 g68.1%
Vitamin A 16.1% Vitamin C 0.9%
Calcium 19.1% Iron 9.1%
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- The Lion King
- Scar massages his forehead softly as he utters, "I'm surrounded by idiots."
- Rafiki does a depressed one in the sequel after he sees Simba exiling Kovu.
- Kristoff does one in Frozen when the trolls tell him in the song "Fixer Upper" that he should get Anna's "fiancé out of the way" so that he could be together with her
- In Shark Tale, Don Lino does this and says, "Oy vey." in annoyance at his henchman Luca putting the record on the wrong song, which was "Baby Got Back (I Like Big Butts)" by Sir Mix-a-Lot. Frankie also does this.
- Open Season:
- In the first film, Beth groans and facepalms herself while in Gordy's police station to confront Shaw.
- In Open Season 3, Gisela and Giselita do this sometimes (and at the end, they do a two-handed facepalm together as the ladies are starting to dance with Ian, who is their coach). Stanley also does this after Roger says, "It's destiny!" when the pets come to save Boog from the Maslova Family Circus.
- The Emperor's New Groove:
- Yzma does this. Pacha also does this and massages his head.
- Kronk does this also in Kronk's New Groove.
- In Tarzan II, Kago does this gesture after his brother Uto says that if their bones were hollow and they were able to fly, they'd be the "biggest birds in town".
- Wallace & Gromit
Lord Victor Quartermaine: How on earth would those tiny-minded buffoons ever catch such a big rabbit?
- Gromit◊ does this frequently.
- An example from The Curse of the Were-Rabbit:
Lady Tottington: Mr. Wallace?
Wallace: Um... with a big trap!
Gromit: (facepalm)
- Even funnier when everyone else says stuff along the lines of, "THAT'S BRILLIANT!"
- There's also Victor doing this after PC Mackintosh says "the beast [were-rabbit] isn't actually dead yet?!" with a megaphone. It's even funnier while said character is doing the gesture, the said officer said "oops" with a megaphone.
- Towards the end of Disney's adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, during Alice's trial, unbirthdays are brought up, which causes a whole new party, and of course the Mad Hatter and the March Hare have to sing "A Very Merry Unbirthday to You" for the Queen of Hearts.
Alice: Oh no, not this again! (facepalm)
- Maleficent in Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty does this when she realizes her minions have been looking for a baby... for 16 years.
Maleficent: Oh, they're hopeless. A disgrace to the forces of evil.
- In Lilo & Stitch, after Stitch escapes from his confinement and goes to hyperdrive, Captain Gantu does this while saying, "Get me Galactic Control..."
- Pete in Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers, after putting up with the Beagle Boys' cluelessness.
- Paul does this in Yellow Submarine after Ringo cracks a pun regarding the sub's broken engine:
John: Maybe we should call a road service.
Paul: Can't, no road!
Ringo: And we're not sub... scribers.
John, Paul and George: "Sub scribers"... ooh. (Paul facepalms)
- The Princess and the Frog:
- Mama Odie covers her face with her other hand when Tiana misses the entire point of the Aesop song "Dig a Little Deeper".
- Dr. Faciller pinches his nose after his gang of evil shadows takes a severe beating from a firefly.
- Disney apparently likes this trope; it happens thrice in Treasure Planet. The best one is Silver and Jim doing one simultaneously, then just... looking at each other.
- The Nightmare Before Christmas: Jack facepalms himself after Lock, Shock and Barrel bring back the Easter Bunny instead of Santa (who Jack calls "Sandy Claws") and start fighting over it.
- Toy Story 3:
- A 17-year-old Andy does one of these when he believes his slightly aged mother has thrown out his toys.
- Woody does one when he finds out Buzz thinks he's a Space Ranger again.
- Done by The Carpet, of all characters, in Aladdin; especially impressive, as it doesn't have a face or a palm. Immediately followed by Aladdin himself, as he's trying to explain to Jasmine why he lied to her about the first time they met. Even Genie does it in the same scene. Well he hits his head, but still, it counts.
- In Bolt, one of the mooks gets zapped when trying to facepalm with electric glove.
- In The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Mitch does this before explaining Tag to the girls.
- The Great Mouse Detective. Basil has a particularly pained one when Dawson gets drunk and makes a fool of himself onstage when they're supposed to be undercover.
- Beauty and the Beast:
- The Beast does one in a My God, What Have I Done? moment when he scares Belle out of the castle.
- He's particularly prone to the "depressed" type doing it in the prologue, (wrapping both arms completely around his head in an effort to hide himself), and a few times in the mid-quel "The Enchanted Christmas."
- In Finding Nemo, Crush does this when Marlin says he needs to get to the East Australian Current. "You're ridin' it, dude!"
- Before they meet Anya, Dimitri and Vlad are holding an audition for girls to play Anastasia. One prospect is a middle-aged woman, who says in a sultry voice, "Granmama! It's me, Ana-STASIA!" Their reaction is a combination Head Desk and Face Palm.
- Mulan: Mulan does this along with saying "Oops..." after the matchmaker calls her name and she yells "Present!" leading to the matchmaker saying "Speaking without permission..."
- In The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!, the Pirate with a Scarf does one during the Pirate Captain's, sorry, the Scientist Captain's "scientific" presentation. Interestingly it starts off as a forehead facepalm, and steadliy progresses into a full-double facepalm as the scene goes on.
- The matador in Ferdinand The Bull delivers an epic one.
- Brother Bear:
- Kenai facepalms when he realizes he has no choice but to escort Koda to the Salmon Run. But he goes with it so he could become a human again.
- Tuke does it in the sequel with his hoof, when Rutt goofs up his attempts to flirt with the moosettes.
- One is shown in Wreck-It Ralph when Vanellope learns how to drive. Ralph is trying to keep a safe distance from her so her car doesn't hit him. When Vanellope's car hits a stalagmite, Ralph does a facepalm as it falls down on him.
- The Little Mermaid:
- Ariel during Scuttle's "little romantic stimulation".
- King Triton does a rather sad one during his My God, What Have I Done? moment.
- A mass one occurs in The Swan Princess. Princess Odette and Prince Derek are expected to go through an Arranged Marriage but because the idea was formed while they were kids they started to hate one another after being forced to spend multiple summers with another. However, upon seeing one another as adults they instantly fall in love and Derek announces to start the wedding. Odette isn't too keen on this and asks Derek why the rush. Derek responds it's because he thinks Odette's beautiful. Odette is flattered by the compliment, but wants to know if that's the only reason Derek wants to marry her. Derek responds "what else is there?" His mother promptly started crying and everyone else groaned at Derek's sheer lack of tact.
Lord Rogers: You should write a book. How to Offend Women in Five Syllables or Less.
- Chicken Little:
- The coach of the baseball team the title character is on does this when Chicken Little swings the bat when he was just told not to.
- Kirby also does this after trying to explain to Buck Cluck multiple times where his parents are, of course it doesn't help that all he speaks is gibberish.
- After when She says "Oh, Ace, NOOO!!!". Ace Does That.
- Brave has Merida pulling her wimple over her eyes when Lord Macintosh presents his son as one of her suitors, clearly disgusted by his macho show-off routine and the situation in general. She facepalms directly when the brawl starts for the second time and her father joins the fray.
- Despicable Me has Gru pinching the bridge of his nose upon seeing Dr. Nefario's "boogie robots". Gru holds up his palm when Nefario is about to say something and then quietly tells him that he asked for "cookie robots". He then walks away wondering why Nefario is so old.
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls:
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Rainbow Rocks:
- Sonata Dusk's stupidity inspires this to both her co-villains at different points, Adagio primarily, as seen on the page picture.
- Applejack reacts this way to Rarity showing up for the pre-selections in a costume worthy of The '60s, full of metal dangling shingles.
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Friendship Games:
- Flash Sentry does a double-facepalm upon meeting with Human Twilight, who naturally doesn't recognize him.
- Sunset Shimmer closing her welding mask over her face after Rarity "ponies up" conveys the same sentiment.
- Principal Cinch pinches the bridge of her nose when her students lose the cooking contest.
- Sunset Shimmer facepalms twice in shame after yelling at Twilight and making her cry, first right after the fact and again when Fluttershy accidentally guilt-trips her about it later.
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Legend of Everfree: Pinkie Pie facepalms when the Great and Powerful Trixie mockingly "summons" the spirit of Gaea Everfree.
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Rainbow Rocks:
- Hiro adopts this pose at the end of the first trailer for Big Hero 6 after his attempt to suit up Baymax ends in failure.
- Strange Magic: The Bog King does this when his bodyguards fall in sleep in front of him.
- The Mansions of the Gods:
- Astérix is facepalming on the poster in reaction to the idiocy of his fellow Gauls falling for the appeal of the Mansions of the Gods.
- In the movie itself, Ceasar pinches the bridge of his nose when a beaten-up Squareonthehypotenus welcomes him to a banquet in the middle of the chaos.
- Done in Kung Fu Panda 2 whenever Po makes an idiot of himself. A notable version is Crane who, lacking hands, pulls his hat down over his eyes instead (it's the scene where Po destroys the toy cannon thinking it's the BFG).
- Zootopia:
- Judy's mother does this gesture during the opening talent show when Judy is dying melodramatically on stage.
- Bogo also does one after Bellwether texts the Mayor that Judy is taking the Otterton case.
- Nick facepalms when Judy declares that she's a cop to Mr. Big, despite his best efforts to convince her to keep her mouth shut.


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I laughed, cryed, got angry, and got happy. This anime really brought out a lot of emotion in me. I highly recommend this anime to anyone that likes shojo/romance/comedy anime.
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Health Indicator Report of Deaths From All Causes
The overall death rate of a population reflects the average life expectancy of individuals in that population. The lower the death rate, the higher the life expectancy.
The death rate for Asian Utahns was significantly lower than for all Utahns.
Death Rates, All Causes by Race, Utah, 2009-2013
NotesAge-adjusted to U.S. 2000 standard population using 3 age groups.
Data Sources
- Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for Counties in Utah, U.S. Bureau of the Census, IBIS Version 2013
- Utah Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Department of Health
Data Interpretation IssuesSince everyone must, at some point, expire, the long-term death rate is 100%. The death rates that are presented here are a ratio of the number of persons dying in a given year, compared with the number who are left alive. In essence, the all-cause death rate is a measure of the proportion of persons dying in any given year, and may also be thought of as an alternate measure of life expectancy--the longer we (in the aggregate) live, fewer of us die each year, and more of us are left alive.
DefinitionNumber of persons who died from any cause of death.
NumeratorNumber of persons who died.
DenominatorNumber of persons in population.
How Are We Doing?In 2013, 16,243 Utah residents died compared to 15,526 in 2012. Utah's crude death rate increased for the third year straight, increasing 3.0% between 2012 and 2013, compared to a 1.0% increase from 2011 to 2012. Interestingly, the age-adjusted death rate in Utah only increased slightly (1.6%) between 2012 and 2013. This is most likely due to the fact that a greater percentage of the Utah population was aged 65 years and older in 2013 compared to 2012.
How Do We Compare With the U.S.?Between 1990 and 2009, there was a decline in Utah age-adjusted death rates. Since 2009, there has been a slight but steady increase in the Utah age-adjusted death rate. Utah age-adjusted death rates continue to be less than that of the U.S. as a whole. Factors contributing to the lower death rates in Utah include healthy lifestyles (especially low rates of tobacco, alcohol, and substance use), lower rates of poverty, and better access to excellent health care. An important implication of the decreasing death rates of Utahns is that there are increasing numbers of older individuals. This trend will place increasing economic demands on Utah's health care system, including aging services, long-term health care, and assisted living options.
What Is Being Done?The UDOH Office of Vital Records and Statistics certifies Utah's deaths and maintains records of specific characteristics such as cause of death, age of decedent, and other factors associated with the incident, such as firearms, motor vehicles, or drug overdoses.
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