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Originally Posted by BV
Organic food is more expensive because the yield per acre is much much less.
Chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, etc etc.. allow for massive yields per acre compared to growing organically.  |
Yes. It's not that hard of a concept.
You stack chickens vertically in a warehouse, put cows each in their own cow-size pen and shove chemicals into tomatoes that make them 10x as big and you make a lot more product for a lot cheaper on less land.