CAN ORGANIC FEED THE WORLD?

CAN ORGANIC FEED THE WORLD?

This blog post is part of a special series called “The Truth About Organic.” Want more? Download the full “The Truth About Organic” guide here.

With the global population set to hit 9.1 billion by 2050¹, it’s true that in the future we’ll need to grow more food than ever. But there’s a common misconception that organic isn’t up to the task. This week, we’ll take a look at:

• why the question of yields may be the wrong question;
• why so much of the current research on organic yields is wrong;
• why more pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, no matter how precisely applied, aren’t the answer.

A Look at the Numbers

There’s an oft-cited statistic that says we’ll need to double our food production by 2050 in order to survive.² That’s a scary number that seems to demand a production-at-all-costs approach.

But it’s important to know that the number isn’t totally accurate. Agricultural production contributes almost a quarter of greenhouse emissions.

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