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#I would say it could.

I would say it could.

This question has been here for quite long, so I'll try to answer it with my basic understanding of organic vs. "conventional" farming.

  • Say Organic farming produces 25% less

From this CNN article, Organic yields are 25% lower. Let's by it as it is, even if we should not trust anything we read on the Internet.

  • But the worl produces far enough

I hear (French mainstream radio) and read in many places (e.g. here) world produces enough to feed 12 billion people (projected population by yeqr 2100).

Since your good at math, its easy to get that the world can feed the 7.5 billion people we are today with organic farming. Now we know that today, we cannot feed everybody because there are huge inequities. Some of it produced by "conventional" farming. So what I'm thinking is there wouldn't be more starvation if you turn conventional into organic farming. Thing is industrial won't probably let you do it. They can pay people to speak against it (sorry, getting political).

  • Additional discussion

On one hand, I would still include GMO in organic-raised crops as long as they are not coupled with chemicals. e.g. I saw on TV GMO could lead to drought resistant crops...

Large-scale organic could also have side effects. I'm thinking of nitrates that would leak from intrants. But it's only replacing a polluant by another.

#I would say it could.

This question has been here for quite long, so I'll try to answer it with my basic understanding of organic vs. "conventional" farming.

  • Say Organic farming produces 25% less

From this CNN article, Organic yields are 25% lower. Let's by it as it is, even if we should not trust anything we read on the Internet.

  • But the worl produces far enough

I hear (French mainstream radio) and read in many places (e.g. here) world produces enough to feed 12 billion people (projected population by yeqr 2100).

Since your good at math, its easy to get that the world can feed the 7.5 billion people we are today with organic farming. Now we know that today, we cannot feed everybody because there are huge inequities. Some of it produced by "conventional" farming. So what I'm thinking is there wouldn't be more starvation if you turn conventional into organic farming. Thing is industrial won't probably let you do it. They can pay people to speak against it (sorry, getting political).

  • Additional discussion

On one hand, I would still include GMO in organic-raised crops as long as they are not coupled with chemicals. e.g. I saw on TV GMO could lead to drought resistant crops...

Large-scale organic could also have side effects. I'm thinking of nitrates that would leak from intrants. But it's only replacing a polluant by another.

I would say it could.

This question has been here for quite long, so I'll try to answer it with my basic understanding of organic vs. "conventional" farming.

  • Say Organic farming produces 25% less

From this CNN article, Organic yields are 25% lower. Let's by it as it is, even if we should not trust anything we read on the Internet.

  • But the worl produces far enough

I hear (French mainstream radio) and read in many places (e.g. here) world produces enough to feed 12 billion people (projected population by yeqr 2100).

Since your good at math, its easy to get that the world can feed the 7.5 billion people we are today with organic farming. Now we know that today, we cannot feed everybody because there are huge inequities. Some of it produced by "conventional" farming. So what I'm thinking is there wouldn't be more starvation if you turn conventional into organic farming. Thing is industrial won't probably let you do it. They can pay people to speak against it (sorry, getting political).

  • Additional discussion

On one hand, I would still include GMO in organic-raised crops as long as they are not coupled with chemicals. e.g. I saw on TV GMO could lead to drought resistant crops...

Large-scale organic could also have side effects. I'm thinking of nitrates that would leak from intrants. But it's only replacing a polluant by another.

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#I would say it could.

This question has been here for quite long, so I'll try to answer it with my basic understanding of organic vs. "conventional" farming.

  • Say Organic farming produces 25% less

From this CNN article, Organic yields are 25% lower. Let's by it as it is, even if we should not trust anything we read on the Internet.

  • But the worl produces far enough

I hear (French mainstream radio) and read in many places (e.g. here) world produces enough to feed 12 billion people (projected population by yeqr 2100).

Since your good at math, its easy to get that the world can feed the 7.5 billion people we are today with organic farming. Now we know that today, we cannot feed everybody because there are huge inequities. Some of it produced by "conventional" farming. So what I'm thinking is there wouldn't be more starvation if you turn conventional into organic farming. Thing is industrial won't probably let you do it. They can pay people to speak against it (sorry, getting political).

  • Additional discussion

On one hand, I would still include GMO in organic-raised crops as long as they are not coupled with chemicals. e.g. I saw on TV GMO could lead to drought resistant crops...

Large-scale organic could also have side effects. I'm thinking of nitrates that would leak from intrants. But it's only replacing a polluant by another.