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I've always said, sustainable soil management techniques getting incorporated into conventional farming will be the ultimate benefit provided by the organic farming movement.



Not a bad prediction and I agree.

Would the organic food people be okay with that though? Some of those people want to convert 100% to organic, which is obviously not scalable or sustainable (ironically).


> obviously not scalable or sustainable

reliable citation needed.


https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/10/22/132497/sorryorga...

Also source: me. Been in agriculture for a long time. Have good friends that _run large organic farms_ (1,000-4,000 acres).


A recent paper on Nature with 68 citations describes organic farming as sustainable:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0266-6




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