Organic Farming: Policies and Prospects by Stephan Dabbert (Author), Anna Maria Haring (Author), Raffaele Zanoli (Author)

ISBN: 9781842773277

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zed Books, February 1, 2004

Paperback, 192 pages

Consumers are more and more concerned with the health of the food they eat. While great public anxiety about genetically engineered foodstuffs and BSE in cattle has developed in Europe, on the positive side there has been a rapidly rising demand for organic produce. Food retailers, including supermarkets, have responded, and the organic sector has moved from a being marginal production fad to a serious subject of policy concern for politicians and public servants involved in European agricultural policy. In this book, three leading authorities on organic farming have for the first time produced a serious and scientific overview for the lay person of the state of organic farming and policy towards it in Europe.