Organic food gets more popular every year. Many people decide to buy organic food instead of conventional food every day. But organic food is not only better for the human body, the organic food industry will also help overcome many problems.
In the majority of our history, agriculture could be described as organic. But in the 20th century, scientist discovered a wide range of new chemicals which were useful for growing food. The organic farming movement started in the 1940s in response to the use of chemicals. This movement is also called the Green Revolution. The word organic comes from the Old French ‚organique‘. In biology it means „pertaining to or derivers from living organisms“. And for food or food products it means „enviroment …show more content…
Indeed, organic farming is often more labor intensive and because there are no pesticides or herbicides, more people are involved in routine tasks such as the removal of weeds that grows in between rows. Also are most organic farms smaller than conventional farms, so that the associated fixed costs are distributed across much smaller produce volumes than conventional farms. Although conventional farms offer cheaper food, the price that society pays is much higher than the shelf-price. Through all the pesticides, herbicides, additives, antibiotics and genetic modification, the price for health care will dramatically increase in the future. But in fact, organic farming would boost yields in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the yield increases from converting to organic farming are highest and most consistent in exactly those poor, dry and remote areas where the biggest part of the hungry population lives. Organic farming could play a big role in increasing the food security in sub-Saharan Africa. But shifting to organic farming would not have an substantial impact on the world food prices, because those certain areas, where they could normally not produce food, are able now to grow it. But according to Niels Halberg, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, the prejudices that organic farming is only a luxury is wrong. “The two sides are simply too far from each other and they ignore the realities of the global food system.” Even if the change to organic food improves the conditions in hungry nations, almost a billion people would remain hungry because in the end the food would be shipped to areas that can best afford
In the majority of our history, agriculture could be described as organic. But in the 20th century, scientist discovered a wide range of new chemicals which were useful for growing food. The organic farming movement started in the 1940s in response to the use of chemicals. This movement is also called the Green Revolution. The word organic comes from the Old French ‚organique‘. In biology it means „pertaining to or derivers from living organisms“. And for food or food products it means „enviroment …show more content…
Indeed, organic farming is often more labor intensive and because there are no pesticides or herbicides, more people are involved in routine tasks such as the removal of weeds that grows in between rows. Also are most organic farms smaller than conventional farms, so that the associated fixed costs are distributed across much smaller produce volumes than conventional farms. Although conventional farms offer cheaper food, the price that society pays is much higher than the shelf-price. Through all the pesticides, herbicides, additives, antibiotics and genetic modification, the price for health care will dramatically increase in the future. But in fact, organic farming would boost yields in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the yield increases from converting to organic farming are highest and most consistent in exactly those poor, dry and remote areas where the biggest part of the hungry population lives. Organic farming could play a big role in increasing the food security in sub-Saharan Africa. But shifting to organic farming would not have an substantial impact on the world food prices, because those certain areas, where they could normally not produce food, are able now to grow it. But according to Niels Halberg, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, the prejudices that organic farming is only a luxury is wrong. “The two sides are simply too far from each other and they ignore the realities of the global food system.” Even if the change to organic food improves the conditions in hungry nations, almost a billion people would remain hungry because in the end the food would be shipped to areas that can best afford