Is”conventional” food really cheaper than organic?
The price you hand over for organic food might seem more at the time – but did you know that there are hidden costs of intensive non-organic farming that have to be borne by all of us? We all pay three times for intensively farmed food. Firstly, we pay at the shop till. Next, we pay for the same food through our taxes, as modern farming is heavily subsidised through the tax system. Thirdly, we pay again to clean up the damage to the environment caused during the growing and the raising of non-organic food. These clean up costs, particularly treatment of drinking water, are alarming.
