Following a year of intensive visioning, discussion, and internal drafting, IFOAM and its partners in the Sustainable Organic Agriculture Action Network released for public comment the first version of a Best Practice Reference for Agriculture and Its Value Chains. The document is intended to be an inspirational and technical guidance for the organic movement and beyond, to help lead all of agriculture and its value chains worldwide toward sustainability. 

The public consultation lasted from 30 January - 31 March, 2013. The background documents are found through the following links:

 The overview document

 The e-questionnaire 

The Reference document

Results of the consultation can be found by clicking here.