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[https://www.latimes.com/home/la-lh-organic-gardening-christy-wilhelmi-20130411-story.html by Lisa Boone 11/4/13 Los Angeles Times] | [https://www.latimes.com/home/la-lh-organic-gardening-christy-wilhelmi-20130411-story.html by Lisa Boone 11/4/13 Los Angeles Times] | ||
In other words, she shared a few things not detailed in “Gardening for Geeks,” which carries the breath-defying subtitle, “DIY Tests, Gadgets and Techniques That Utilize Microbiology, Mathematics and Ecology to Exponentially Maximize the Yield of Your Garden.” The book teaches just about everything you need to know to grow your own organic food, but thanks in large part to the Spreecast audience who chimed in, we got some interesting new advice. You can listen to our chat or read this recap of highlights from our conversation: | In other words, she shared a few things not detailed in “Gardening for Geeks,” which carries the breath-defying subtitle, “DIY Tests, Gadgets and Techniques That Utilize Microbiology, Mathematics and Ecology to Exponentially Maximize the Yield of Your Garden.” The book teaches just about everything you need to know to grow your own organic food, but thanks in large part to the Spreecast audience who chimed in, we got some interesting new advice. You can listen to our chat or read this recap of highlights from our conversation: | ||
=====Study: Organic Farming Is More Profitable Than Conventional===== | |||
[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. | |||
