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Get your free copy03 February 2014, 07:33 AM
- A draft EU regulation leaked by a German magazine suggests that organic farmers will be forced to go 100 per cent organic
The possible new law would mean that producers of organic food who also farm conventionally will have to drop the non-organic element to their business in order to prevent cross-contamination.
The Soil Association states that 15 per cent of its members farm both organically and conventionally, and that the organic sector was worth £1.64billion in 2012, a decrease of 1.5 per cent from the previous year.
Up until now organic farmers have been allowed to farm conventionally if they can prove that it makes their business financially viable.
