Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.

Today, many governments are promoting organic or natural farming methods (26) ________ avoid the use of pesticides and other artificial products. The aim is to show that they (27) ____________ about the environment and about people’s health. But is this the right approach?

Europe is now the biggest (28) ____________ for organic food in the world, expanding by 25 percent a year over the past 10 years. Eating organic is (29) __________ way of defining oneself as natural, good, caring, different from the junk-food-scoffing masses. As a journalist puts it: “It feels closer to the source, the beginning, the start of things.”

The organic approach means farming natural, rather than man-made. Techniques such as crop rotation improve soil quality and help organic farmers compensate for the absence of man-made chemicals. (30)____________, for its ineffective use of land and labour, there are severe limits to how much food can be produced.

(Adapted from IELTS by Cambridge)