Positioning Organic Ethics

Abstract

Olivier De Schutters provides the starting point for our final reflections on ethics in the organic agrofood chain. In his report for the Human Rights Council (De Schutter 2010, p. 1) he writes: “The reinvestment in agriculture, […], is essential to the concrete realization of the right to food. However, in a context of ecological, food and energy crises, the most pressing issue regarding reinvestment is not how much, but how. This how should contribute to the progressive realization of the human right to adequate food.” The report itself highlights the significance of agro-ecology and similar agricultural approaches such as organic farming to fulfill the human right to food.