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Mitigating climate change through organic agriculture
Because of the huge purchased energy dependency of non-organic food production, there is also good potential for sustainable food systems that combine earth-sensitive organic systems production with carbon-footprint sensitive distribution.
A 2002 report said that organic agriculture enables ecosystems to better adjust to the effects of climate change and has major potential for reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.
One study estimates that the total mitigating potential of organic sustainable food systems is nearly 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and 16.5 percent of energy use, the largest benefits coming from carbon sequestration in organic farming and reduced transport from relocalizing food systems.
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