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[https://www.motherjones.com/food/2015/06/organic-farming-more-profitable-conventional/ by TOM PHILPOTT 4/6/15 MotherJones] | [https://www.motherjones.com/food/2015/06/organic-farming-more-profitable-conventional/ by TOM PHILPOTT 4/6/15 MotherJones] | ||
The authors crunched data from 44 studies involving 55 crops grown on five continents over 40 years and found that organic farming is somewhere between 22 percent and 35 percent more profitable for farmers than conventional. The reason: the higher price farmers get when they sell certified-organic crops. This “premium,” as it’s known, stands at around 30 percent, and stayed roughly equal over the four-decade period, the authors report. | The authors crunched data from 44 studies involving 55 crops grown on five continents over 40 years and found that organic farming is somewhere between 22 percent and 35 percent more profitable for farmers than conventional. The reason: the higher price farmers get when they sell certified-organic crops. This “premium,” as it’s known, stands at around 30 percent, and stayed roughly equal over the four-decade period, the authors report. | ||
=====Why I Want Some 'Pests' in My Organic Garden===== | |||
[https://www.treehugger.com/why-want-pests-organic-garden-7096295 by Elizabeth Waddington 24/1/23 Treehugger] | |||
In my article on organic gardening mistakes, I spoke about how it is a mistake to try to eliminate pests entirely. And as a continuation of that article, today I thought I would share some examples of pests I have in my organic garden and delve a little deeper into why I want these creatures around. | |||
Talking about "pests" can be misleading, since, like the term "weeds", it categorizes certain species into an undesirable group. But while these species can be problematic at times, it is important not to become too black and white in your thinking or to view these creatures as enemies. | |||
