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I've always said, sustainable soil management techniques getting incorporated into conventional farming will be the ultimate benefit provided by the organic far
by Pxtl 5y ago
I've always said, sustainable soil management techniques getting incorporated into conventional farming will be the ultimate benefit provided by the organic farming movement.
- kickout 5y agoNot a bad prediction and I agree. Would the organic food people be okay with that though? Some of those people want to convert 100% to organic, which is obviously not scalable or sustainable (ironically).
- goodpoint 5y ago> obviously not scalable or sustainable reliable citation needed.
- kickout 5y agohttps://www.technologyreview.com/2019/10/22/132497/sorryorganic-farming-is-actually-worse-for-climate-change/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/10/22/132497/sorryorga... Also source: me. Been in agriculture for a long time. Have good friends that _run large organic farms_ (1,000-4,000 acres).
- goodpoint 5y agoA recent paper on Nature with 68 citations describes organic farming as sustainable: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0266-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0266-6