Brussels, 24/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - In the last decade, both the number of organic farms and the area given over to organic farming have grown by 50% or more, according to a report (http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/markets-and-prices/market-briefs/pdf/03_en.pdf) published by the European Commission on Thursday 24 July.
In 2011, the EU27 had a total area of 9.6 million hectares cultivated according to organic farming rules, up from 5.7 million in 2002. During the last decade, the organic...