…As perceived? With all that strong of a halo effect, certainly not! However, is organic food better for the climate? It is definitely beneficial to biodiversity [6]. But regarding climate impact, we will not drag you around in this one: The answer is not singular and finding the answer –for us simple civilians– can be a maze. That’s why we are so thankful to our Science team for helping us navigate! Here’s what they have to say.
Calculating the climate impact of organic food production depends firstly on many parameters; secondly, how many of these parameters we put under the microscope; thirdly, since neither organic nor conventional farming is at 100% global implementation, we need to look at possible scenarios – what assumptions do we make in each scenario; and finally, the timeframe we project these assumptions upon.