"Organic" Farming and the True Cost of Food-A Small Farmers Perspective

[FlaGranny]

127. Organics HAVE fed the world

for millions of years. When I was younger, I had a couple of horses, and a nearly organic vegetable garden. I say nearly organic, because I doubt the horses' feed was organic. Every fall, the yard cleanup went into the garden and in early spring it was turned into the soil with aged manure. I had bumper crops, especially of tomatoes, which we shared with the whole neighborhood. When they saw how my garden grew, they would come up the road with their wheelbarrows to "borrow" manure. True organic farming could feed the world again, but it is more labor intensive and thus more expensive for farmers who must hire farmhands. Smaller, shared community organic gardens and farms can do a good job.

Edit to add - actually organics have fed the world for "billions" of years.