Every kilogram of pesticide used on the land leads to water contamination which costs the water companies £7.57 to remove. Some German water companies have found it cheaper to pay farmers to go organic

BSE has cost every household £200

Pesticide poisoning leads to increased costs for the NHS

The overuse of animal antibiotics leads to resistance in humans and therefore increased research costs (to find effective alternatives) and NHS costs (longer hospital stays and more expensive drugs)

Grasslands are disappearing at the rate of 100 football pitches a day, hedgerows at 10,000 miles a year leading to a 70%-89% decrease in common birds like skylarks, bullfinches and grey partridges

Less than 1% of UK farmland is organic, while the Danish Government expects its country to be 50% organic by 2010. The UK now imports 70% of its organic food