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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Greenpeace backs organic farming in Third World, March 2002 A new study commissioned by Greenpeace and undertaken by Cardiff University researcher Nick Parrott has revealed that organic agriculture has a fundamental role to play in tackling world hunger.
The year 2000 was no doubt significant in the history of the development of organic farming, with the farmers receiving the highest historic level of direct subsidies and in 2001 the law on organic farming being accepted by the Parliament.
Are we talking about properly directed subsidies and support mechanisms which will ensure we move away from industrial factory farming and towards organic, holistic and natural family farming?
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Fish farming can contribute to the general eutrophication in fjords and coastal waters Discharges from fish farms contain the same types of nutrients and organic matter as domestic waste water and discharges from agriculture and certain types of industry, and they have the same impact on environmental conditions in fjords and coastal waters.
Organic farming - There is no universally accepted definition, but in general organic farming is a production system which avoids or largely excludes the use of synthetically compounded fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators, and livestock feed additives.
The project was supported by a grant from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Sustainable Farming Fund and aims to provide practical information about the many aspects involved in operating a successful organic enterprise.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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The organic farming coupled with unusual micro tropical climate combine to produce a heavy bodied and pleasantly spicy coffee with mild acidity that tingles the senses and the imagination.
Organic farming, low yields, native yeasts and selective blending all allow the wines to express their rich and elegant qualities.
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Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur
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The challenge is to maintain the integrity and the quality of the organic products, to develop organic farming further and to get conventional processors involved in the processing and promotion of organic products.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Organic farming strictly prescribes the types of chemicals that can be added, employing a rather arbitrary exclusion of chemicals that have been synthesized by industrial chemical processes and that do not originate directly from a biological process.
The growth of organic farming practices is a great step forward in this respect but the development of genetically modified crops resistant to certain herbicides is of grave concern and requires a thorough independent assessment of the risks and potential benefits both to mankind and wildlife.
The Organic Farming Research Foundation offers grants twice a year that fund research methods and dissemination of research results to organic growers.
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