Study: Organic Farming More Efficient
Posted by Jeff Harbert on Growers and Grocers.
Here’s a short but interesting article over at Live Science about the efficiencies of organic farming.
Here’s a snippet:
Badgley and her colleagues admit that organic farming is labor intensive. But their review of yield data for the past 30 years on different agricultural methods found that in developed nations, yields were almost equal from organic and conventional farms. Developing countries—where farmers may not have access to expensive fertilizers—could almost triple their yield by using organic methods without putting extra farmland into production.
I also like the suggestion of using a cover crop between growing seasons instead of using synthetic fertilizers.
