LIVE is a non-profit organization providing education and independent 3rd-party certification for vineyards and wineries using international standards of sustainable viticulture and enology practices in wine-grape and wine production.
IOBC (the International Organization for the Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Plants) sets the protocols from which LIVE draws its standards. Every year LIVE applies for endorsement from the IOBC. This international endorsement proves compliance to GLOBALGAP standards (www.globalgap.org), a recognized standard for agricultural production.
The IOBC promotes the use of sustainable, environmentally safe, economically feasible, and socially acceptable control methods of pests and diseases of agricultural and forestry crops. Certified LIVE members are also internationally certified by the IOBC.
Learn more: LIVE (Low Input Viticulture and Enology) website
Conformity with LIVE (Low Input Viticulture and Enology)'s standard is verified by an independent organization (third party).
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Product categories this ecolabel applies to
Carbon Food Other
Other categories: Wine, Wineries, Vineyards
Where this ecolabel is found
United States
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Last updated: 20 January 2012