permaculture

[Will Carey <cure@rtinet.com>]

Folks...

Great study here on Organic Farming & Environment.....

<http://www.organicconsumers.org/organic/norm071805.cfm>

> Organic farming produces same corn and soybean yields as conventional farms,
> but consumes less energy and no pesticides, study finds Susan S. Lang 
> Cornell
> University, July 13, 2005 [via agnet]
> 
> ITHACA, N.Y. -- Organic farming produces the same yields of corn and 
> soybeans
> as does conventional farming, but uses 30 percent less energy, less water 
> and
> no pesticides, a review of a 22-year farming trial study concludes.
> 
> David Pimentel, a Cornell University professor of ecology and agriculture,
> concludes, "Organic farming offers real advantages for such crops as corn 
> and
> soybeans." Pimentel is the lead author of a study that is published in the
> July issue of Bioscience (Vol. 55:7) analyzing the environmental, energy and
> economic costs and benefits of growing soybeans and corn organically versus
> conventionally. The study is a review of the Rodale Institute Farming 
> Systems
> Trial, the longest running comparison of organic vs. conventional farming in
> the United States.


Will