What does organic mean?
What does organic mean? Is it worth buying organic? Make up your own mind with our no-nonsense guide... What does ‘organic’ actually mean and what’s the difference between organic and non-organic fruit, vegetables and animal products? Organic – a definition The Department for Agriculture and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) states that: ‘Organic food is the product of a farming system which avoids the use of man-made fertilisers, pesticides; growth regulators and livestock feed additives. Irradiation and the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or products produced from or by GMOs are generally prohibited by organic legislation. Organic agriculture is a systems approach to production that is working towards environmentally, socially and economically sustainable production. Instead, the agricultural systems rely on crop rotation, animal and plant manures, some hand weeding and biological pest control’. **Taken from DEFRA - Crown Copy...