Organic Farming Examined

Yokai writes "An article to be released in Science shows that organic farming makes sense. The 21 year study by a Swiss team shows that even though the organic patch had 20% less yield than conventional farming, the input of fertilizer and energy was reduced by between 34% and 53%, and pesticide use by 97%, leading them to believe that organic farming makes sense. Also, the soil from the organic plot was healthier and held more organisms- including those that kill pests."

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Organic farming or . . .

[linzeal]

Some clearly uninformed hippies in california do not consider genetically engineered crops to be "organically" grown even if they do not require fertilizer. Give me GM-food anyday over food that may decompose quicker or have other quirks that are easily routed around with engineering. "California organic farming" is the bane of feeding the poor in undeveloped nations. If colleges and universtities would just get off their asses and produce departments willing to donate gm crops to poor countries with no strings attached they may be able to finnally solve most of the world hunger not related to despotism.