Do you think that Organic or Intensive farming the best method of fulfilling the food needs of the UK? Why ?
July 25, 2010
unfortunately it has to be both,
the UK has for far too long taken farm land to build on, this has reduced the available land to farm & so the production required from it also goes up to feed the growing population.
for far too long the uk had a very complacent meat & potatoes kind of attitude to food which gave us a very poor worldwide reputation both as consumers and chefs.
with the advent of mass production, transportation, storage & advertising that has happened to the uk food industry primarily since the end of WW2, but mainly in the last 20 years
there is also a huge requirement for products that cannot be grown in the uk due to climate which need to be imported from overseas so even if they are organically grown they could be from unsustainable sources or have a huge carbon footprint due to the amount of energy it takes to package & transport the goods to market where ever it may be.
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intensive farming creates more money x
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intensive farming supplies the amount needed but is unsustainable
organic’s sort of the oppsoite
i’d say intensive’s the best method as the demand in the UK for fruit & veg is pretty high
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unfortunately it has to be both,
the UK has for far too long taken farm land to build on, this has reduced the available land to farm & so the production required from it also goes up to feed the growing population.
for far too long the uk had a very complacent meat & potatoes kind of attitude to food which gave us a very poor worldwide reputation both as consumers and chefs.
with the advent of mass production, transportation, storage & advertising that has happened to the uk food industry primarily since the end of WW2, but mainly in the last 20 years
there is also a huge requirement for products that cannot be grown in the uk due to climate which need to be imported from overseas so even if they are organically grown they could be from unsustainable sources or have a huge carbon footprint due to the amount of energy it takes to package & transport the goods to market where ever it may be.
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The cost of intensive farming is too high (on the environment and the planet). We’d be better off to focus on learning how to produce healthier organic food and to change our diets (less meat, more vegetable proteins).
For me, it should be both.