Harvested tomatillos before the storm
Organic farming has been researched for years. The findings are the same everytime. The produce is more nutritous, uses less fossil fuels and has a higher soil quality. So why, if so much better, does it cost more to prove you are responsible. The people who use more fossil fuels, trash the soil and grow seeds that are genetically modified don’t have to pay extra to farm as such. What is wrong with this picture?
Bioscience magazine published an article back in July entitled “Environment, energy and economic comparisions of organic and conventional farming systems”. This article is documenting a 22-year study that found organic farming produces the same yields of corn and soybeans as conventional farming, but uses 30 percent less energy, less water and no pesticides. This study blows holes in all that is stated about reasons why people don’t use organic farming. If the yeilds are the same or better, why not? Just make it pass the first four years when the soil is being built back. I would think you would eventually save a lot of money by not purchasing and dispersing chemicals on the land that ruins the soil. This study is a review of the Rodale Institute Farming Systems Trial, the longest running trial of its sort within the United States. I urge you all to google it to learn more (Click Here for the Rodale Institute Site).
I have a dream. Not an earth shattering dream, but a dream nonetheless. Let it be free to farm organically and charge people for conventional farming. Maybe then people might learn to appreciate the soil and environment and saftey
of produce.
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