Money Quotes: Organic By the Numbers
From the December issue of “The Organic Report,” put out by The Organic Trade Association:
- The Organic Center has found that on organic farms, it takes about 30 percent less energy to produce a bushel of corn.
- A three-year study in the United Kingdom found organic milk contained 68 percent more omega-3 fatty acids, on average, than conventional milk.
- Research conducted in central India has shown that variable production costs for organic cotton were 13 to 20 percent lower than for growing conventional cotton and that the average cotton yields were 4 to 6 percent higher in the organic fields.
- A study of satisfaction among dairy farmers in Wisconsin found that 75 percent of organic dairy farmers reported being “somewhat satisfied” or “very satisfied” with their family’s quality of life, compared to 46 percent of graziers and 42 percent of conventional dairy farmers.
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mary said,
January 10, 2007 at 6:27 am
I stumbled across your Blog in my search for articles on Green living..its something I am interested in but am so frustrated by the COST of everything organic,fair trade,all natural,etc. The stats in this post say it is cheaper to grow organically so why is it SO MUCH more expensive to buy? I am on a lean budget and if given the choice between buying organic carrots at $2.50 a bag or regular carrots at 99 cents guess which way i am forced to go? Do you think as interest in this grows the costs will come down?