{"id":214,"date":"2011-10-29T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T19:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/organic-yields-higher-than-pesticided-all-around-the-world.html"},"modified":"2011-10-29T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T19:00:05","slug":"organic-yields-higher-than-pesticided-all-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/organic-yields-higher-than-pesticided-all-around-the-world.html","title":{"rendered":"Organic yields higher than pesticided, all around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"To feed the world, we need to get rid of Monsanto&#8217;s pesticided patented seeds\nand get on with diversified sustainable organic agriculture.\n<p>\nA friend commented about\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/organic-farming-better-for-bottom-line.html\">\nOrganic farming better for bottom line<\/a>:\n<blockquote>\nDevil&#8217;s advocacy: yields from organic agriculture are lower than from\nartificially fertilised + pesticide&#8217;d crops; therefore, the practice\ntends to increase food prices; therefore, organic food means starvation\nfor people who would otherwise eat. Discuss!\n<\/blockquote>\nNope, that&#8217;s simply not true.\nOrganic farming yields more, in addition to being more profitable,\nhealthier, and tastier.\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/01\/fewer-pesticides-for-higher-yields-if-they-can-do-it-in-west-africa.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/newsroom\/photos\/220_IPPM247000120w300.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/01\/fewer-pesticides-for-higher-yields-if-they-can-do-it-in-west-africa.html\">\nFewer pesticides for higher yields: if they can do it in west Africa&#8230;<\/a>\n<p>\n<li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/more-profit-and-higher-yields-through-organic-farming-in-india.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" border=0 width=\"25%\" height=\"25%\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Environment\/Pix\/columnists\/2011\/4\/26\/1303817814193\/MDG--Organic-farming-in-I-008.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/more-profit-and-higher-yields-through-organic-farming-in-india.html\">\nMore profit and higher yields through organic farming in India<\/a>\n<p>\n<li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2009\/10\/organic-farming-yields-often-better-than-with-agrochemicals.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.organicandclimate.org\/typo3temp\/pics\/42349f2497.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2009\/10\/organic-farming-yields-often-better-than-with-agrochemicals.html\">\nOrganic Farming Yields often Better Than with Agrochemicals<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To feed the world, we need to get rid of Monsanto&#8217;s pesticided patented seeds and get on with diversified sustainable organic agriculture. 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