Organic farming: another way to protect the Environment

I recently read an article of Melchett Peter; of the Soil Association, in the Green Pages of The Independent about organic farming and its contributions to the environment. I thought it was interesting and it would be worth sharing some of his views with you.

Organic farming was introduced,60 years ago, by scientists and farmers, who had set as a long-term goal the development of a more sustainable way of producing food. They had  and continue to have the support of the Governement, which believes that organic farming has transparent environmental benefits as it’s considered to be better for wildlife, lower pollution from sprays, it produces fewer dangerous wastes and less carbon dioxide. As we can tell from the above, it contributes to the issue of climate changes since, for instance, we are all aware of the carbon dioxide’s effect on the atmosphere or how wastes pollute the environment.

The Sustainable Development Commission is also on organic’s farming side. They stated that organic certification represents the ‘gold standard’ for sustainable food production, which takes us back to that long-term goal set 60 years ago.

Thus, I believe it would be good to give organic food a chance since it’s not just about the food itself-which by the way is at the same quality as non-organic food- but its production process as well that contributes to the environment, which we have been exhausting on a daily basis mostly during the last century.