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=====Study: Organic Farming Is More Profitable Than Conventional===== | |||
[https://www.motherjones.com/food/2015/06/organic-farming-more-profitable-conventional/ by Tom Philpott MotherJones] | |||
After years of steady growth in demand, organic food now accounts for 5 percent of US food sales. Yet organically managed land makes up just 1 percent of US farmland. Why hasn’t the craze for organics moved from the supermarket to the countryside? The problem isn’t a lack of profitability, a new paper (abstract; press release) from Washington State University researchers David Crowdera and John Reganold finds. | |||
=====Farmers strongly back Trump. A new trade war could test their loyalty===== | =====Farmers strongly back Trump. A new trade war could test their loyalty===== | ||
[https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/g-s1-52362/tariffs-farmers-trade-china-mexico-canada by Scott Neuman 7/3/25 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/g-s1-52362/tariffs-farmers-trade-china-mexico-canada by Scott Neuman 7/3/25 npr] | ||
