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I don’t know how it works everywhere, but in EU, buying organic means buying “regulated and supervised crops”. Organic, here, it’s more expensive mainly because

I don’t know how it works everywhere, but in EU, buying organic means buying “regulated and supervised crops”. Organic, here, it’s more expensive mainly because your production needs to be accounted. Tech side, it’s as “modern” as the non-organic farming; but just regulated and controlled. Most of the non-organic crops in my country are just not at all supervised and uneducated farmers that constantly commit ecological harm because the more x I put in the field the better it should work. So, I prefer to pay a little more to eat a fruit produced with some sciences and technicians involved in the production.

varajelle 5y ago
I'm also on the EU, and the EU has also many rules for "traditional" agriculture, it is also regulated and controlled. The problem I have with the Bio label is that these extra rules are counter productive. - no use of artificial pesticides (but still allow "natural" ones) - no use of mineral fertilizer - no use of GMO - no use of artificial food colouring or aromas or conservative. The thing is that there is little evidence that any of this is better for health or for the environment.