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Crop Standards & GuidelinesThe Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), with the Rainforest Alliance as its Secretariat, with input from farmers, scientists, industrialists, conservationists, government representatives and other stakeholders develop standards for sustainable agriculture and assist growers in meeting those standards. Standards are detailed, concrete and measurable. They are based in national law and global conventions, such as those established by the United Nations and the International Labour Organization. The criteria are demanding enough to make profound changes on the farms, but realistic, achievable and based on science and experience. For all crops in all countries, the Rainforest Alliance applies a set of universal principles around the three pillars of sustainable agriculture -- environmental protection, human welfare and economic viability. The SAN then adapts and tests these principles by developing specific, measurable "indicators" for different crops and for the same crop in different areas, depending on ecological, agronomic, economic, political, traditional and other conditions.
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