Pennsylvania Statutes Title 3 P.S. Agriculture § 2102. Legislative findings

(1) Funding is needed to promote sustainable agriculture in this Commonwealth.

(2) The practice of sustainable agriculture is intended to offer the farmer the greatest return on his labor and capital by reducing operating expenses while enhancing the value of the end product.

(3) Sustainable agriculture emphasizes the practice of an agriculture that is ecologically beneficial, that would improve and ensure the quality of soil and water for future generations and, at the same time, that would enable the farmer to earn a livelihood consistent with his capital investment and labor.

(4) Sustainable agriculture emphasizes farm practices that make the best use of on-farm labor and resources to reduce or eliminate the need for the purchase of off-farm inputs.