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Organic food does not have massively lower crop yields. and your violent opinion on the matter is discouraging. Here are two studies/resources you can look at
by giltleaf 11y ago
Organic food does not have massively lower crop yields. and your violent opinion on the matter is discouraging. Here are two studies/resources you can look at (not funded by vested financial interests)
1. "Organic agriculture and the global
food supply" Badgley et al.
2. http://civileats.com/2014/12/10/organic-nearly-as-productive-as-industrial-farming-new-study-says/ http://civileats.com/2014/12/10/organic-nearly-as-productive... References several as well
While yields are marginally lower in a given swath of land under certain conditions (example when there is perfect climate and water supply, an increasingly rare trend in the United States), it is my belief that if equitable research dollars were devoted to organic production as opposed to corn, soy, soy and cotton (which also don't feed people in starving countries, but rather meat in rich ones) those small differences in yields would be overcome. Further more, many studies note that industrial agriculture is significantly less resilient and that organic ag, and other forms of agroecology, are actually more productive during times of drought.
Furthermore, 70% of the world's food supply comes from small farmers using agroecological methods in developing countries, not large food industries. Increasing their capacity is the solution to feeding starving people while maintaining our planet's health. Sorry for the late response.