See the bigger picture on food production

The ‘How to stay eco-friendly this Christmas season’ article (Thursday, December 23 2021) wanted support for LOAF acronym, when it comes to purchasing goods to ensure it is Local, Organic, Animal Friendly and Fairtrade.

The problem is for food producers to be organic is that not using medicines to cure animal and crop diseases, not using genetically modified plants that produce less food and need less medicines to cure crop diseases, and restricting fertiliser to animal waste, needs more animals to be fed food that could be available to humans.

Yields per acre will be less and therefore more land is needed for food production and therefore less land for wildlife and growing trees and more forests being destroyed as our population continues to rise and we try to make sure nobody goes to bed hungry.

It is always important for people promoting single issues to consider the side effects that can cause bigger problems. GEOFFREY COPAS

Copas Farms