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Subject: organic food is competitve with conventional food
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posted by laurel
Organic Competitive with Conventional, New Report
A new report by the Henry Wallace Institute has found that
organic food production systems are competitive with
conventional food production systems in the Midwest. In
fact, organic production generally delivers higher profits
than non-organic grain and soybean production.
The report, by Wallace Institute policy analyst Rick Welsh,
found that although consumers often pay premium prices for
organic food, those premiums are not always necessary for
organic systems to outperform conventional systems. Organic
farms were more profitable than conventional farms, when
they had: 1) lower production costs; 2) higher net returns
for crops; 3) drought hardiness, allowing higher performance
in drier areas during drier periods.
The report found that the costs of growing and delivering
organic food are falling as the industry expands. If organic
agriculture growth is similar to other food industry
segments, we should expect to see costs associated with
production, processing, delivery, and retail costs per
bushel, gallon, crate, and box to decrease over time,
according to the report.
The study can be found at the Henry Wallace Institute's web
page:
http://www.hawiaa.org/pspr13.htm
comments by laurel: Economic and educational incentives in agriculture
should be directed towards organic production!
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