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I think you're mistaken to think there's not a lot of science in organic farming. Maintaining biodiversity, keeping soils healthy, figuring out what grows best

I think you're mistaken to think there's not a lot of science in organic farming. Maintaining biodiversity, keeping soils healthy, figuring out what grows best in the various soil types, finding bugs that eat the plants and other bugs you don't want while not harming the ones you do want, ... I think there's probably quite a lot of science in it. (I'm not an expert on it, but this accords with things I've read.) It's just that most of that science doesn't involve the petrochemical industry. If that makes it "retro and primitive", well, I don't know what to tell you except that I think you have a screwy idea of what progress is.

derleth 14y ago
> I think you're mistaken to think there's not a lot of science in organic farming. The problem with organic farming is that it's associated with so much crap science, like radiation-phobia and chemophobia and various other quackery that masquerades as science while really being unsupported by either evidence or logic. I'd love to be able to buy a greater variety of food without having to support people who think GMO are The Devil based on irrational fears. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemophobia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemophobia