What you can say when marketing organic 2020 - Flipbook - Page 17
Organic farmland stores more carbon – on average 3.5 tonnes
extra for every hectare (the size of nearly two football pitches).
This is the greenhouse gas equivalent of driving your car
around the world almost one and a half times (31,844 miles)
Organic farms sequester
more carbon
(see also section 2, Better for Soil)
Organic farms are more resilient
to the effects of climate change
• Organic farms are more resilient to climate
change63
• Organic farmland stores more carbon – on
average 3.5 tonnes extra for every hectare (the
size of nearly two football pitches).58 This is the
greenhouse gas equivalent of driving your car
around the world almost one and a half times
(31,844 miles)59
• Organic crops perform better during climate
extremes64
• Organic farming stores more carbon, on average
nearly 2 tonnes more carbon per football pitch
area60
• Organic soils store up to twice as much water - this
makes them more resilient in a changing climate66
• Organic soils are around 25% more effective at
storing carbon in the long-term61
• Soil carbon increases on average by 2.2% per year
after converting to organic62
• Organic farms are more resilient to the effects of
climate change65
• Farming organically can protect against flooding
because organic soils store twice as much water67
• Organic soils store twice as much water68
• Organic soils help protect against flooding69
• Organic soils perform better during drought70
• Organic soils perform better under extreme
weather events71 72
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