Organic farming must be included in Government's land use framework

Organic Farmers and Growers chief executive Roger Kerr said there was a ‘whole industry out there built around pesticides and fertilisers' which wants organic to fail, but organic is a ‘defined farming system that can deliver a ‘low carbon, nature-friendly, people-positive' food system

Rachael Brown
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Organic farming must be included in Government's land use framework

Government needs to embrace organic in its eagerly anticipated land use framework, despite lobbyists who want the sector to fail. Organic farming That was the message from Organic Farmers and Growers...

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