Lasting -vs- Organic Farming from a Dutch perspective
Apr 01, 2015
Lasting -vs- Organic Farmingfrom a Dutch perspective
Cultivation
• Farming based on environment, nature, animal welfare and production methods and regulations.
• Use of ‘old methods’ without use of fertilizers and pesticides.
• Use of ‘new methods’ like biological pest control using ichneumon wasps.
• Farming based on highly productive and efficient methods.
• Use of fertilizers and pesticides is allowed and common practice.
• Intensive methods. Large number of plants or animals on as small as possible space.
One of the species of ichneumon wasps used as
biological pest-control.
Distribution
• In Australia and Europe there is a high percentage of organic farming.
• Based on contribution to the GNP there is a lot of organic farming in Latin America.
• Africa has a low level of professional farming.
• Farmers in North America are still highly focused on production levels above environment and animal welfare.
• In Asia there is a rising number of lasting farmers.
Intensive methods of farming are common practice in North
America and Europe.
Pesticides• Strict regulations for the use
of pesticides.
• High level of usage of ‘biological pesticides’.
• Low impact on the environment.
• No pile-up of pesticides in the food chains around the farms.
• Farmers try to eliminate all pests from their farms.
• Usage of high levels of pesticides.
• Damage to environment and even people because of aerial application.
Marketing
• Marketing based on ‘good feeling’ of customers.
• Buying an organic produced product gives people the feeling of ‘saving the world’.
• High prices due to more expensive production methods.
• Low prices have to trigger people to buy products from lasting farming.
• Extra additives used to improve taste and shelf-life and to make product more attractive.
• Much higher advertising
budget than the organic farmers can use.
Health• Lesser use of antibiotics.
• No use of grow supplies.
• No use of pesticides which is more healthy to eat but also it is more healthy to live next to an organic farm without pesticides.
• High use of antibiotics can cause resistance in bacteria and diseases.
• Use of grow supplies and fertilizers can affect the health of people.
• Certain places in this world suffer from a lack of control on the use of pesticides.
Pesticides can affect our health. In some places there is no control
on usage.
Regulations• Official labels:
– E.U. Organic Label– EKO Label
• Regulations for the use of pesticides.
• Animal welfare and environmental care are strictly regulated.
• Few rules for use of pesticides, grow supplies and fertilizers.
• No rules in certain countries around the world.
• Continuous high usage of additives is allowed.
Netherlands• Increasing acreage.
• Growing awareness amongst consumers.
• Increasing percentage of agriculture in the Netherlands.
• Strong lasting farming tradition.
• Large contribution to the Dutch GNP.
• Certain places in this world suffer from a lack of control on the use of pesticides.
Ecological farming is the choice for our
future!
Conclusion