Organic farmers wrong to target their conventional brothers

摘要

Conflict is seldom as cruel or as sharp as when it's fratricidal. In sport, derby matches are the most fractious; sibling rivalries the most fierce. And so it is with the organic sector's approach to their conventional fanning brethren.Elements of the organic community have always been a bit, well, shouty. But as a recent convert to Twitter, I'm shocked by the tone and content of many of the tweets and press releases which come from the sector - including the official bodies - and their aggressive and misleading denunciation of conventional fanners. They depict us as "in cahoots" with "Big Chemical" in a bafflingly ambitious conspiracy to poison soil, water, wildlife and consumer.