"The oldest and most common dig against organic agriculture is
that it cannot feed the world's citizens; this, however, is a
supposition, not a fact. And industrial agriculture isn't
working perfectly, either: the global food price index is at a
record high, and our agricultural system is wreaking havoc with
the health not only of humans but of the earth. There are around
a billion undernourished people; we can also thank the current
system for the billion who are overweight or obese." says Mark
Bittman in his recent NY times opinion piece. "Yet there is good
news: increasing numbers of scientists, policy panels and
experts (not hippies!) are suggesting that agricultural
practices pretty close to organic — perhaps best called
“sustainable” — can feed more poor people sooner, begin to
repair the damage caused by industrial production and, in the
long term, become the norm." says Mark Bittman in his recent NY
times opinion piece. Industrial (aka “conventional”) agriculture
depends upon a great deal of low cost