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Organic farming must be included in Government's land use framework

Organic 草榴社区 and Growers chief executive Roger Kerr said there was a 鈥榳hole industry out there built around pesticides and fertilisers' which wants organic to fail, but organic is a 鈥榙efined farming system that can deliver a 鈥榣ow carbon, nature-friendly, people-positive' food system

Rachael Brown
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Organic farming must be included in Government's land use framework

Government needs to embrace organic in its eagerly anticipated land use framework, despite lobbyists who want the sector to fail. Organic farming That was the message from Organic 草榴社区 and Growers...

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