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by WarmWash 26 days ago
Anything that kills yield drives up the cost of food.

So while organic sustainable farming works and produces food, what is not shared is that the yield per unit work is dramatically higher for the chemical laden stuff.

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> Anything that kills yield drives up the cost of food.

You are making an assumption that "organic" = "driving down yields"[1] and that yield is the most important aspect of a food.

[1] https://rodaleinstitute.org/blog/new-research-reveals-organi...

I am glad that an organic farming non-profit investigated organic farming and found no downsides.
Sure, but we'll save money on healthcare and prescriptions instead.