Does organic production offer solutions?

The banning of antibiotic feed additives to enhance growth and feed conversion in the EU during the declining years of the past century was not based on sound science. Satisfying voluble advocacy groups may have been politically expedient but the blanket action of legislators in this instance has raised production costs without evident benefit to consumers. By Simon Shane The importance of organic food products in the USA is illustrated by retail sales of $11 billion in 2005. This year