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SHARING OPTIONS: In 2019, in the EU, a total of 13.8m, hectares of land were being organically farmed (or 8.5%), so a jump to 25% in 10 years is considered ambitious \ Barry Cronin The European Union (EU) Farm to Fork strategy wants to make our food systems more environmentally sustainable while enabling healthier diets for consumers. It started in 2020 and aims to drastically cut pesticide use, increase soil health, reduce fertiliser use and reduce overall EU sales of antimicrobials for farmed animals and aquaculture over 10 years. An additional aim is to increase organic farming area across the EU to 25% by 2030. In 2019, in the EU, a total of 13.8m, hectares of land were being organically farmed (or 8.5%), so a jump to 25% in 10 years is considered ambitious.

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