A transformation of our agriculture and food systems is urgently needed to combat climate change and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. For that reason, the European Commission has initiated several policies to make the EU food systems sustainable and climate-neutral by 2050. High targets have been set with the European Green Deal, including the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies. To establish fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food systems, the Farm to Fork Strategy aims to reduce 50% of nutrient losses and the use of chemical pesticides by 50%, as well as the sales of antimicrobials for farmed animals. Furthermore, the biodiversity strategy targets to increase high-diversity landscape features on at least 10% of the agricultural land5. Finally, the target of achieving at least 25% of the EU’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030, included in both the Farm-to-Fork and Biodiversity Strategies, shows that the European Commission considers organic farming as part of the solution to achieve the other goals. Though organic farming protects the environment and its production methods are backed by scientific research, the potential and productivity of the organic sector are frequently questioned by various politicians and scientists3,10. Lately, the increase in agricultural commodity prices due to the war in Ukraine is being used as an argument to give up on the Farm-to-Fork and Biodiversity Strategy Targets. This shows that the benefits of organic farming are not properly recognised. Although it is a particularly resource-conserving and environmentally sound form of agriculture that is oriented towards the principle of closed nutrient cycles, too little trust is placed in organic farming