@waiterich @duncan__c @TamarHaspel ... vulnerability to shocks like the current spike in fertilizer prices. There is no doubt that moving in the direction of organic can deliver comparable yields w far fewer inputs. https://t.co/7CkLLZgdsq
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@TamarHaspel @atrembath ...that don't mess with per-acre corn yields at all. You'd have less corn; but then, if we quit ethanol, we'd need less corn. https://t.co/7CkLLZgdsq
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Or: corn and soybean farmers could slash their need for these expensive toxins by diversifying their crops. #justsayin https://t.co/7CkLLZgdsq
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RT @tomphilpott: Round 2: Work by Liebman, @jdhill et al showing diversification—adding crops to the corn-soy mix—cuts way down on pollutio…