Thanks for the article Dave. The main fallacy in it's undocumented and biased assertion (same as Rodale's political advocacy approach) is extrapolating apples to oranges. Comparing US certified production to anything gives a false impression. Our American organic effort lags far behind Australia, China, South America and most parts of Europe. Some certification in these countries is more stringent than US and some is not certified at all yet better in quality than US. Incorporating global organic uncertified would paint a very different and more equitable picture.
Regardless, if unlimited human population growth occurs, there will be even more food scarcity and food riots but largely because of a distribution chain problem in less accessible places and human populations that cannot economically afford to pay. The average cost of 20 years of organic food production in Italy remains less than conventional fruits and vegetables with 55,000 certified growers who feed all the school systems. That's existing real world evidence that is gaining in European ag every year. USA policy and economic development funding has done all it can to retard such sustainable growth. Bill Sciarappa From: Dave Schmitt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 2:54 PM To: Apple-crop discussion list; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Can Organic Agriculture Feed the World? Interesting piece in Slate: http://www.slate.com/id/2287746/ --
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