Are organic animal farmers able to do animal husbandry? 2014

Porcher J., Dans « Organic farming, prototype for agriculture ? ». Springer, pp 279-294 Can organic animal husbandry become a prototype for future animal farming? If so, under what conditions? In this chapter, it is shown that organic farmers are currently finding it difficult to distinguish their practices from those imposed in animal production.

This applies mainly to the transport and slaughtering of animals, the choice of breeds or genotypes, the specifications and, more broadly, the utilitarian and economic paradigm underlying organic animal husbandry as reflected in the ambiguous term, “organic animal production. Apart from issues of conceptual definition, which are indeed crucial, the actual challenges of organic animal husbandry— between “animal welfare” and biotechnologies—are huge.