Despite this consideration, the report, in the same chapter, recognizes the
clear advantage of organic schemes in the
educational role that they have played: «millions of consumers have been made aware of the way food markets work, and of the environmental impacts of food production, processing and distribution, and of the quality of the foods we eat» and it concludes that organic as well as fair trade and «short - chain strategies» are legitimate and valid options for both farmers and consumers and that policy can support these approaches by helping farmers to achieve higher yields.
«The
educational advantages of linearity and of learning within a coherent continuous two year course are
clear, and will be seized on by schools like ours that seek to put teaching above testing,» said the trust's Kevin Stannard.