Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 8030
Agriculture
Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024
Question
Ben Goldsborough
Labour — South Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will work with the relevant control bodies to enable vertical farms to apply for organic accreditation.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerOrganic production is internationally recognised as a soil-based system, that is strictly regulated by assimilated organic Regulations 834/2007 and 889/2008. Vertical farming relies on hydroponic production, the method of growing plants with their roots i...
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