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Healthy Grown Potato is an eco-brand that provides high-quality, sustainably grown, packaged, and shipped potatoes to consumers by leveraging integrated pest management (IPM) farming practices on large scale farms.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.healthygrown.com )〕 A certification process is mandatory to market products as Healthy Grown. Through this program, growers implement on-farm conservation to improve biodiversity and restore native ecosystems on unfarmed parcels of land. All implemented practices are research-based by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and are found to be economically viable and ecologically sound and are supported by various non-governmental organizations. This whole-farm approach takes into consideration practices that consider water quality and soil erosion and has led to a reduced use of nutrients and pesticides. The goals of the Healthy Grown program as set forth in the approved Memorandum of Understanding include: *Promotion of IPM practices *Reduced utilization of risky pesticides *Improvement of ecosystem biodiversity *Articulated measurement systems of IPM *Increased marketplace incentives Healthy Grown was branded in 2001 by the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) after collaborations lead to the development of an eco-label for biointensive IPM (bioIPM) grown potatoes set in 2000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://wisconsinpotatoes.com/sustainable-potatoes )〕 The eco-standard for potatoes is divided into three parts: 1) a bioIPM section, 2) a toxicity score, and 3) a natural community standard.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ipcm.wisc.edu/ProgramInfo/EcoPotato/tabid/87/Default.aspx )〕 In 2001, over 4000 acres became certified for the program, and about 5000 acres meet the certification standard and are labeled as Healthy Grown.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ipminstitute.org/newsletter/newsletter_v3i4.htm )〕 ==Collaborators== The Healthy Grown Program began as the Wisconsin Eco-Potato collaboration in 1996 that included a group of Wisconsin potato growers, the WPVGA, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). In 2004, The WPVGA and Defenders of Wildlife signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) listed above.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Incentives for Ecosystem Restoration in Wisconsin: A Public-Private Partnership in Agricultural Stewardship )〕 The University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW), International Crane Foundation, Defenders of Wildlife, and Michael Fields Institute joined after the MOU was signed.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Healthy Grown」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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