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Organic agriculture is widely criticised by economists and practical scientists who favour conventional models of food production. Recurrent claims insist that organic farming methods do not produce the quantities of food required to feed a global population. This is certainly the case at present, however the land and environmental resources devoted to organic production remain a small fraction of the overall agricultural distribution. Given this lack of equal comparison, is it reasonable for supporters of organic agriculture to continuously defend the suitability of their methods? I believe so, providing there is some genuine effort to address specific criticisms with tabulated data from well-documented studies. This has been the approach taken...
















