At 16% lower efficiency, current output would require another 65 million acres of farmland – an area more than half the size of California. Higher prices would reduce consumption of fruits and vegetables, causing myriad adverse health effects (including tens of thousands of additional cancer deaths per year).
事实上，只依靠有机农业——受杀虫剂恐慌刺激的运动——将给美国带来每年1000亿美元的额外成本。农业效率将降低16%，要维持当前产出，就必须多耕种6500万公顷农地——现代刚玉加利福尼亚州面积的一半。价格上涨将导致水果和蔬菜消费下降，造成严重的消极健康影响（包括每年增加数万例癌症病死数量）。