BRITAIN is desperately short of organic grain. A burgeoning livestock sector needs far more organic wheat for food than this country produces, making imports vital.
Yet, although it requires a change of mindset, producing organic grain can be a viable proposition, say the experts.
One problem for the organic cereals market is that there is a lack of information on how well the market is doing.
'We can make a stab at the numbers, but the sort of detail of market information that we?d like does not exist,' said Phil Stocker, head of food and farming at the Soil Association.
With the organic movement keen to avoid accusations of excess food miles, he is not entirely happy about the way the organic cereals market has developed.
'It is very definitely undersupplied and it is moving in the wrong direction. We?re getting more reliant on imports.'
By Chris Lyddon
THE LATEST ORGANIC GRAIN NEWS, FROM THE ORGANIC HOME
Original source: http://www.theorganichome.co.uk/2008/06/organic-cycle.php
