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The article reports on the increase of organic food sales in Great Britain and the amount of land used in organic farming in European Union countries.

The article focuses on a warning issued by the Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G) group regarding proposals to change the European Union rules on organic farming. Topics discussed include OF&G's claim that the proposed change may force producers to quit, and their fears regarding a new requirement for all organic retailers to become certified. Also mentioned are concerns raised by Austria's agriculture minister, Andre Rupprechter, over the proposals.

The article focuses on the statement of Jack Bobo, senior adviser on biotech to former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton, that a food crisis would be inevitable if the European Union (EU) moratorium on genetically modified (GM) crops will continue. He added that governments must make decision based on science and not politics like what was done by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). He believes that organic agriculture was unsustainable.

The article discusses the developments in the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the European Union (EU). It cites the move by the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to cooperate with other countries like Germany, Sweden and Denmark on a proposal to provide member states with greater authority in the implementation of measures under the reformed CAP. The opinion of the National Farmers Union's (NFU) Maeve Whyte on the plan is also cited.