
UK seeing rapid surge in growers embracing switch to organic farming
British growers are increasingly shifting their farms to organic to meet demand from customers, according to a new report released from the Soil Association Certification. Despite the two-year process of conversion and even through the pains of the pandemic, Defra says 34% more British farmers made the switch in 2021 and also increased the amount of their land producing organic by 3.6%. In 2020, it