What Kyoto means for personal incomes

[Michael Perelman]

Whoa!  Where is the evidence.  Organic farming often has slightly lower yields,
which is more than made up for by the lower input requirements.  In other words,
some jobs may shift from the production of petrochemicals to farming directly.  But
the long-term prospects for yields from organic are higher because of the adverse
effects of petrochemical farming.

Keep in mind that the state has done massive research on behalf of conventional
farming; virtually none for organic.

James Heartfield wrote:


>
> And organic farming! Fine if you want to see half the population
> expelled from the cities to work the land, and cultivated land soar to
> ninety-per cent of land available, while foodstuffs eat up half of
> household income. All available evidence - and there is a great deal
> over here - says organics are much lower yield and lower productivity.
>

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Chico, CA 95929
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