Organic Food Production
Recent Statistics Relating to Natural Foodstuffs
Statistical overviews demonstrate that consumption of organic foods at present is very rare compared to the overall production of food in the developed western world. In the last few years of the century, the organic foods sector grew by over 30% annually around the world.
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In Spain, production of organic food has increased by more than seven times, according to organic food production reports provided by the Spanish government.
Countries like Denmark, Austria and Switzerland have launched commitment and action to transform their national organic food production models. Denmark proposed a dramatic rise of organic food production, as overall consumption of organic foods is predicted to be up 10% by 2010, hence transforming the entire organic food industry in that particular nation.
Consumption in the United States rose from 4,000 million dollars and the annual increase in Spain is up 20-30% (Montse Arias, Director of the Spanish version of the journal The Ecologist and press reporter of Biocultura, Spain 1998.) Spain is now a leader in an organized bid to increase production of organic foods.
European Countries are Increasing Organic Food Production
In a street survey carried out in Córdoba in 1994 by a local TV program, volunteers with varying degrees of knowledge on organic foods agreed on one thing: "They're better because they are grown without chemicals." Agricultural science in Spain has continued to provide for organic foods and help people in replacing unhealthy products with organic foods.
Moreover, all the regulations established in Europe relating to the farming of organic foods (biological, organic or biodynamic) since the 1930s emphasize the radical effort to exclude harmful chemicals from food. Companies began to initiate what they called organic farming, but this trend was obscured by the Second World War.
It resurfaced during the '60s, with the creation of various associations and organizations advocating and promoting the production of organic foods. These entities were responsible for protecting organic food consumers from the use of harmful chemicals in foods, and ensuring the proper harvesting of organic crops and the appropriate rearing of livestock.
The various regulations were devised and composed in a book by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM). Germany adopted the regulations imposed by IFOAM regarding organic foods in 1970 and the European Union soon followed in 1991.
Organic food production can be perceived as a method of producing healthy and sufficient foods to feed everyone, respecting natural resources, and bringing together both the knowledge and incorporation of today's most advanced sciences into healthy foods.
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References:
Ignacio Amiano. "Does the Current Food Model go Against Life?" The Spanish Society of Organic Agriculture (SEAE) 4TH Conference on Environmental Endocrine Disruptors.
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