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8 Neilsen Scantrack (Total Coverage GB Food and economic ‘value’ to the producer, was a
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Chile, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, English Organic and Water Resilience
4 Organic, Agroecological and Regenerative Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, USA. Non-Reciprocal Forum
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approach’ to agriculture, where land management, UK but the UK cannot export to them): Argentina, EcoS Consultancy
food production and environment goods are linked Costa Rica, India. The English Organic Forum represents Farm Consultancy Group
and not seen as discrete entities. Fundamental to organic sector organisations and Garden Organic
this systems approach is a recognition that farms are 11 Minister Victoria Prentis statement in the businesses. In England 3,000 farmers and Helen Browning Organics
living eco-systems as well as productive units. House of Commons, 25th January 2021. https:// growers work 300,000 Ha of organically
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certification standards, however, they have no legal AgriculturalProductsFoodAndDrink(Amendment) and supplies an organic market in the UK Land Workers Alliance
force nor is there a common definition around the (EUExit Regulations2020OrganicProduction that is worth £2.45 billion per year (market NFU Organic Forum
world. (OrganicIndications)(Amendment)(EUExit) growth of +4.5% in 2019).
Agroecology: Food production that makes the Regulations2020 Organic Arable
best use of nature’s goods and services while Contact English Organic Forum Co- Organic Farmers & Growers
not damaging these resources. There is no 12 Reciprocal Agreements: Australia, Canada, chairs: Adrian Steele (Mobile: 07920 Organic Food Federation
unified, international legally defined standard for Chile, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, 047 303 asteele@soilassociation.org) Organic Growers Alliance
agroecology. Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, USA. Non-Reciprocal or Christopher Stopes (07966 463 489
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2019 (28 May 2020) Tables 4 and 9 14 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee compilation of this document. It has drawn Riverford Organic Farms
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