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Organic farming mitigates climate change
21/04/2008
A 30 year scientific trial shows that organic practices could counteract up to 40pc of global greenhouse gas output.
Organic Federation of Australia chairman, Andre Leu, claims the trial of organic and conventional farming practices has proved that organic practices "can be the single biggest way to mitigate climate change".
"Scientists at the Rodale Institute in the US have proved that organic farming practices can remove about 7000kg of carbon dioxide from the air each year and sequester it in a hectare of farmland," Mr Leu said.
According to Mr Leu, the scientists estimated that if all of America's 100 million hectares of cropland were converted to organic practices, it would be the equivalent of taking 217 million cars off the road.
This is nearly 88pc of all cars in the US and more than a third of all the cars in the world.
