About fifteen years ago I read an article about a unique research study conducted in France. An agriculture professor and his students (think minions) farmed parallel fields for twenty years. One field was farmed using conventional agricultural methods. The other was an organic farm. At the end of the study, there was no significant difference in the proverbial bottom line. Although the conventionally farmed field was more productive, the cost of the inputs offset that at the end of the day. What grabbed my attention was that the conventional field soil was practically sterile while that of the organic field was teeming with microbes. For more information on healthy soil, click here.
Soil-It’s Not Dirt
