Sunday, December 28, 2008

Feed costs forcing organic producers to reconsider

ORGANIC farmers in Wales and the UK have asked the Government for permission to take a “holiday” from strict organic standards in a desperate bid to survive the recession.

The radical move by organisations including the Soil Association, which is headed by Patrick Holden, who farms near Lampeter, follows a dip in sales of organic produce and fears for the future of hundreds of Wales’ organic farmers.

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