What you can say when marketing organic 2020 - Flipbook - Page 16
Organic farms help combat climate change
LOWER EMISSIONS
Organic farmers don’t use synthetic fertilisers
which come from burning fossil fuels41
Soil Association organic standards severely restrict
the use of peat - an important carbon sink 42
The following statements need to be used along
with one of the listed additional qualifying
statements:
• Organic farming can help to mitigate
climate change48 49
• On average, organic farms use less energy43
• Organic farming can help to slow down
climate change50
• Organic farming tends to reduce energy use44
due to the avoidance of synthetic fertilisers45
• Organic farms tend to have lower emissions51
• On average, organic vegetable farms, dairy farms,
and mixed farming systems use less energy than
their non-organic counterparts46
• Soil Association organic standards support the
protection of peatlands, which are vital in our
fight against climate change47
• Organic fields tend to have lower emissions52
QUALIFYING STATEMENTS:
• If Europe’s farmland all followed organic
principles, agricultural emissions could drop by
40-50% by 2050, with plenty to feed the growing
population healthy diets53 54
• Adopting nature-friendly farming, such as
organic, could feed the growing population of
Europe healthy diets, maintain key exports, and
drop agricultural emissions by 40-50% by 205055 56
• Adopting nature-friendly farming along with
other key changes to our food system could help
keep global warming below 2°C57
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