> And we cannot farm successfully on scale we need without them. The following study states that organic farming on average is 25% less productive than convent

> And we cannot farm successfully on scale we need without them. The following study states that organic farming on average is 25% less productive than conventional farming. The major difference being the use of plant protection products (herbicides, pesticides, etc.). https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2019/634416/EPRS_IDA(2019)634416_EN.pdf https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2019/6344... That additional land use could be satisfied if the consumption of meat would be drastically reduced. Currently 33% of cropland are used for feed production. (https://www.fao.org/3/ar591e/ar591e.pdf https://www.fao.org/3/ar591e/ar591e.pdf) So yes, we could farm successfully without them. But not at the current prices for produce and not with the current meat consumption.