Is eating organic better for the environment?

Is eating organic better for the environment?

Melissa Kidd (Soil Association Information Officer) gives expert video advice on: Is eating organic better for the environment? and more...

Eating organic food is much better for the environment, in lots of different ways. Firstly, organic farmers do not use chemicals to produce the food. We don't use nitrogen fertiliser, which actually kills off life within the soil, killing of the things that are making the soil fertile and thus damaging the enviroment. We also don't use pesticides, we avoid the use of pesticides, which cause widespread damage within the environment, so they're absolutely avoided. There's also less waste produced from organic farming, and there are also less harmful gases produced, such as greenhouse gasses. Organic farming also uses 30% less energy, which is really important for the environment in this day and age where we're going to running out of oil, and natural gas is one of the main components of nitrogen fertilizer. Organic farming ticks lots of environmental boxes. This is why the government are now supporting organic farmers: because of the evidence, the wholesale evidence, that organic has proven to be beneficial to the environment.