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""Organic" farming doesn't scale. You still need fertilizer to achieve reasonable yields long-term, though the new method optimizes the fertilizer use." Organi
by hutzlibu 3y ago
""Organic" farming doesn't scale. You still need fertilizer to achieve reasonable yields long-term, though the new method optimizes the fertilizer use."
Organic farming in general, or natural farming in this case(which is not the same), do not forbid fertilizers. They just try to avoid it wherever possible and in general try to keep use on a sustainable level (and organic farming certificates require no use of chemical fertilizers).
And apart from that, organic farming surely can scale. It is is just more labour intense, when you do not use pesticides and herbicides, but this can be solved with robots.
And if natural farming can scale, is a different question, which I would answer with "it depends".
- cyberax 3y ago> do not forbid fertilizers Of course they do. Even green hippies don't want to go back to yields that are less than a quarter of modern ones. > They just try to avoid it wherever possible and in general try to keep use on a sustainable level (and organic farming certificates require no use of chemical fertilizers). This is a lie by omission. "Organic" farming is dependent on nitrogen from manure. And most of the manure is produced by animals fed with very "non-organic" corn. Grass-fed cattle (it's only around 5% of the total!) will only supply a small fraction of needed manure, even for the current "organic" farming. > And apart from that, organic farming surely can scale. Nope. "Organic" farming is nothing but a cash grab, fueled by chemophobia and the naturalistic fallacy.
- hutzlibu 3y ago""do not forbid fertilizers" Of course they do." Citation needed. Here is mine: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_certification https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_certification "avoidance of synthetic chemical inputs" That allows natural fertilizers like cow shit.
- cyberax 3y agoI'm sorry, I meant to write 'Of course they do not'. They allow fertilizers, and most of them are ultimately derived from synthetic fertilizers.