Organic Food Information

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Organic food information overview

The following is an overview of some of the the more generalised topics available to you on this website. Please click on the in-text links for full articles.

The site map has a complete list of articles.

Law and Standards

The production and processing of organic foods in the UK is governed by legislation brought in by the European Union in 1992 (EU-Eco-regulation)and later amendments and additions.

Based on this legislation, and UK government interpretation of it, certain designated organisations monitor, inspect and certificate the producers and processors at a national level. The largest is the Soil Association.


For information on organic food law and standards in the EU and UK please click on organic food standards

For organic food regulation in the US click on USDA (NOP)

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Human Health Benefits

As the move for organic food has grown over the years, opposition to it, perhaps from those whose livelihoods depend on conventional production, have raised doubts about benefits to human health. Conflicting research has been produced from both sides and organic food information from some sources can be ambiguous.

Recently though, meticulous research from various, authoritative sources proves that organically produced food is better for our health in many ways. For detailed information please click on benefits of organic food

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Environmental Health

31,000 tonnes of pesticides per-year are now used on crops in the UK. The vast majority are man-made synthetic chemicals.

That, together with other synthetic inputs, excessive cultivation and the use of monoculture results in the depletion of soil and the destruction of life within the soil and above it. Ecological systems are broken down. Micro-organisms, insects, birds and mammals either die or are pushed away from land that is continually poisoned.

Organic agriculture moves against this destruction by adhering to certain principles in farming. Click on environmental health for clear explanations of these principles and how the intensive and organic systems of farming affect the environment.

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GM foods

The opposition to genetically modified crops is fierce. Governments and corporations try to force them on the world, saying that it is the only way everyone can be fed. The argument to that is that there is already enough food for the world.

The problem is that the poor either can't afford to buy it or cannot get access to it.

Please click on GM foods for an explanation of genetically modified crops and foods and the contentious issues behind it.

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Fairtrade food - is it organic?

If you need clarification on the differences and similarities in organic and fairtrade food please click on Fairtrade and Organic

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