Whats wrong with salmon farming?
Fish are kept in cages and their waste is not recycled. It also reduces the biodiversity in the farmed area and the water around it by shutting out other water life. Organic purists say the only organic salmon is a wild salmon. How can farmed salmon be classed as organic? Their food is natural and the fish are typically given twice as much room to swim around than those that are conventionally farmed. Organic salmon farms are also located in tidal sea water rather than lochs. Not all the waste is recycled but it can be used to encourage the farming of shellfish such as oysters in the same stretch of water. What’s the problem with organic poultry? The Soil Association says chicken farmers should limit capacity in their sheds to 500 birds, but it still certifies farms with up to 2,000 birds per shed. It also allows mechanisation in brooding and hatching, and chicks can be reared from non-organic broods. Beak trimming, to prevent birds pecking each other, is also permitted. Critics say th
