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Organic food isn’t better for us – or the environment

The case against organic food

24 July 2021

9:00 AM

24 July 2021

9:00 AM

It is mystifying to me that organic food is still widely seen as healthier, more sustainable and, most absurdly, safer than non-organic food.

Following the publication of part two of Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy last week, the organic movement was quick to suggest that organic food and farming offer a way to achieve the strategy’s vision.

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