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RE: organic method of farming ; the solution to global food crises
i am not disputing your perception on the practice of organic agriculture. in terms of GMOs practices and considering the cost of laboratory research on it, how many rural farmers can afford to purchase GM seeds and animals? don't forget that the bulk of global food comes from the rural areas. despite that, majority of farmers in the globe practice organic farming by default either because chemical inputs are expensive or because organically produced foods store longer, have higher nutritional and health benefits, and tastier than GMOs or chemically produced foods.
I'm not sure there is any evidence to support the claims that organic food can be stored for longer, contains more nutrients or is healthier. Tastier is a matter of perspective, but again another claim lacking support. All foods; plant, fungal or animal based, are chemically derived. I think the point you are trying to make, is that organic farming is more holistic, and less dependent on artificial supplementation. It is important to use the right vocabulary or we are debating different things.
Before continuing any further, it might be useful if you defined your intention of the word organic, that way we can systematically assess its efficiency and plausibility.
organic refers to naturally occurring substances e.g chemicals from plants, fungal or animal extraction. the process of producing food nuturally or not using artificial chemicals to grow plants or animals can be referred to as organic method of farming. however, the use of synthetic (inputs) chemicals in farming have been proven to cause adverse environmental degradation leading to soil erosion, ground water pollution, salinization, soil contamination and toxic chemicals entering the food chain. these are few of the numerous challenges caused by conventionally practiced farming.
Synthetic chemicals such as DDT and dioxins have instilled a paranoia of man-made supplements. But not all synthetic chemicals are harmful. To rule out all synthetic chemicals is to rule out many proven or potentially beneficial substances.
All the adverse conditions you mention, are caused by various synthetic and naturally occurring chemicals used for agriculture.
Many of the most dangerous substances to man are naturally occurring, such as Botulinum toxin. Should the requirements for safe, sustainable farming practices not be based on safe versus unsafe. There is no logic including or excluding a chemical simply on the basis of natural or synthetic.