Organic farming produces same yields but consumes less energy

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Organic farming produces same yields but consumes less energy

 

 

Organic farming produces the same yields of corn and soybeans as does

conventional farming, but uses 30 percent less energy, less water and no

pesticides, a review of a 22-year farming trial study concludes.

David Pimentel, a Cornell University professor of ecology and agriculture,

concludes, " " Organic farming offers real advantages for such crops as corn and

soybeans. " " Pimentel is the lead author of a study that is published in the July

issue of Bioscience (Vol. 55:7) analyzing the environmental, energy and economic

costs and benefits of growing soybeans and corn organically versus

conventionally. The study is a review of the Rodale Institute Farming Systems

Trial, the longest running comparison of organic vs. conventional farming in the

United States.

Cornell University News Service, July 14, 2005.

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July05/organic.farm.vs.other.ssl.html

 

 

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