Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 8030

Agriculture

Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Ben Goldsborough

LabourSouth 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 Zeichner
Organic 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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