Demand for organic wine is increasing in France and also in Bordeaux. Wine merchants in Bordeaux have a hard time finding enough organic wine to meet demand. Bernard Farges, chairman of the Bordeaux producers’ organisation CIVB and the national Confédération Nationale des Vins AOC (CNAOC), has suggested that the organic rules be relaxed to more easily meet this demand. He has proposed that it should be possible to have only a part of a property organically certified and on the rest practice conventional farming.
This is currently possible but only for a limited period of five years. A producer can begin the three-year conversion of his property a bit step by step. But after five years, the entire surface must unconditionally be organically certified or under conversion.
Several organic producers and organisations reacted to the proposal with outcry. They believe that consumers would lose confidence in organic farming. Besides, organic farming is a mind-set, not something you (only) do for economic gain, they say. Are they right? Is it cheating to mix organic and conventional farming?
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