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Switch to organic farming causes chaos in Sri Lanka
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<blockquote data-quote="Briar" data-source="post: 7739306" data-attributes="member: 21614"><p>So referring to the OP, is "organic" farming bad or is it the way it has been imposed on the population by the politicians?</p><p></p><p>If organic is so bad is "conventional" farming practises, with its reliance on synthetic fert, sprays, irrigation from aquifers in some parts of the world, feedlots, shipping food from halfway around the world that can be grown locally etc the answer? Why purposely produce a commodity requiring increasingly higher inputs with greater environmental risk and a high proportion of waste? In whose interest/advice is this? Does the niche organic market not enjoy a premium?</p><p></p><p>Not all of us agree with the "conventional" model, our politicians, big business, or zealots (green, vegan, religious etc), but fortunately we still have a choice as UK farmers in the way we farm in a predominantly benign climate.</p><p></p><p>The worlds population is only increasing and with it the drain on finite resources, probably leading to more conflict. Do we continue to exploit these resources to the max or is it time we try a more sustainable approach? But without (before) the interference from politicians?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Briar, post: 7739306, member: 21614"] So referring to the OP, is "organic" farming bad or is it the way it has been imposed on the population by the politicians? If organic is so bad is "conventional" farming practises, with its reliance on synthetic fert, sprays, irrigation from aquifers in some parts of the world, feedlots, shipping food from halfway around the world that can be grown locally etc the answer? Why purposely produce a commodity requiring increasingly higher inputs with greater environmental risk and a high proportion of waste? In whose interest/advice is this? Does the niche organic market not enjoy a premium? Not all of us agree with the "conventional" model, our politicians, big business, or zealots (green, vegan, religious etc), but fortunately we still have a choice as UK farmers in the way we farm in a predominantly benign climate. The worlds population is only increasing and with it the drain on finite resources, probably leading to more conflict. Do we continue to exploit these resources to the max or is it time we try a more sustainable approach? But without (before) the interference from politicians? [/QUOTE]
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