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Links WORLD ORGANIC NEWS in the Australian Podcast Awards Click here   Conventional not Organic Farmers Should Pay a Premium | Positive Health Leadership http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-emE ****   This is the World Organic News for the week ending 8th of March 2017. Jon Moore reporting!   This week we begin with a very interesting notion: Conventional not Organic Farmers Should Pay a Premium from the blog: Positive Health Leadership.   This is an idea that’s been rolling round in the back of my mind for sometime. From the post: Quote: Currently, organic farmers pay a premium to grow and sell organic food – while conventional farmers pay nothing additional.  This also translates to a higher cost to consumers for organic food.  Thus it is a deterrent from buying or growing organic food. Despite the premium costs associated with organic foods, reports suggest purchases of organic foods are growing dramatically, over 100% per year. End Quote.   There’s more to this than meets the eye!   A further quote: Quote: From a syste