Organic food and farming with Rosa Holt

Episode 7: Charlie and Rachel speak to Rosa Holt @foodandfarmingdietician, an NHS critical care dietician who is also passionate about organic farming and sustainable food and farming. She sits on the Sustainable diets committee for the British Dietetics Association and is also an advisor for the Soil Association. Charlie and Rachel dig deep into the potential of organic produce while balancing this with affordability, availability and environmental impact. 1:30 Intro 3:00 Introducing Rosa Holt 5:00 The health benefits of organic produce 6:15 Nutrient density in organic plants and potential health benefits 12:00 Healthy behaviours of people eating organic produce 12:50 Environmental benefits of organic principles 13:50 Deficiencies in the diet 16:00 Affordability of organic food 19:00 The Food Strategy,  https://www.nationalfoodstrategy.org/ 21:00 More on affordability and education 25:00 Is an organic diet truly better? 27:00 Traditional mixed farming benefits 28:45 Can we feed ourselves organically? 32:50 Genetic modification/Gene editing 34:08 Rosa's wild turkeys 37:55 The cost of organic farming and crop yields 43:00 If you are going to start buying one organic product, what should it be? 44:45 Summary