Organic production thus plays a dual societal role, where, on the one hand, it provides for a specific market responding to consumer demand for organic products and, on the other hand, it delivers publicly available goods that contribute to the protection of the environment and animal welfare, as well as to rural development.
Mar sin, tá dhá phríomhthionchar ar an tsochaí ag an táirgeadh orgánach, i gcás, ar thaobh amháin, ina bhfreastalaíonn sé ar mhargadh ar leith mar fhreagairt ar éileamh tomhaltais ar tháirgí orgánacha, agus, ar an taobh eile, ina gcuirtear earraí ar fáil don phobal leis, ar earraí iad a chuidíonn leis an gcomhshaol agus le leas ainmhithe a chosaint, agus a chuidíonn freisin le forbairt tuaithe.