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World Service,26 Mar 2014,28 mins

Is Organic Food The Answer?

World Business Report

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The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.The economic costs of obesity are soaring. We may need some radical change. We travel to the East of England to look at ways organic farming is changing and speak to organic food enthusiast Peter Melchett, policy director of the Soil Association. We also look at whether we need to change the way people get their food. We speak to the British Retail Consortium and Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy at City University London.

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