No! Organic food is often more expensive but that is, in part, because it only accounts for a tiny percentage of food production and also doesn’t tend to receive the level of state support given to industrial-scale agriculture.
Regardless of their income, everyone should be able to access healthy food that doesn’t contain residues of potentially harmful pesticides. UK supermarkets make huge profits so there is absolutely no need to pass the cost of pesticide reduction on to customers.
If we are serious about making healthy food accessible to all, reversing the nature crisis and transitioning over to nature-friendly farming, then governments and companies must increase support to farmers to grow food with little or no pesticides. This will enable farmers to get a fair price for their crop and people from all socio-economic backgrounds to buy healthy food.
