economics of organic farming

[Doug Henwood]

Apropos recent chatter, there's an interesting review of the 
literature on the economics of organic farming (funded by those busy 
folks at the Pew Charitable Trust) at 
<http://www.hawiaa.org/pspr13.htm>. Bottom line seems to be that 
price premiums of some 20-100% for organic foods help, but aren't 
necessary. Not much on labor (except the benefits of nonexposure to 
toxic chemicals), and heavy emphasis on profitability and present 
value calculations, but what else would you expect from a Pew-funded 
study?

Michael, is this the sort of thing you were referring to when you 
talked about comparative studies of organic & conventional farming?

Doug