Recent Organic Research
On Organics & Food Supply

Added July 29, 2008. Below you'll find links to recent organic studies. The articles focus on "Can organic feed the world?" and the economics of organic transition. All are posted on our web site in PDF format. To open or download a research article, just click on one of the links below:

• Organic agriculture and the global food supply
  Research finds that organic methods could produce enough food on a global per capita basis to sustain the current human population, and potentially an even larger population, without increasing the agricultural land base.
• Can organic agriculture feed the world?
  A forum discussion on the same topic as in the first article, above, by the same authors, with response and commentary by others.
• Summary of Economic Studies of Organic Dairy Farming in Wisconsin, New England, and Quebec
  Research summary tries to answer 3 questions for farmers considering organic: What are the rewards? How long will it take to get them? What will it cost?
• Transition to Organic Cropping Systems Under Risk
  An analysis of the risks, returns and optimal adoption strategies for a representative Minnesota farm switching from conventional to organic cropping systems.
• New Michigan Global Yield Comparison Study: Challenges Critics Who Claim Organic Farmers Can’t Feed the World
• Land Stewardship Project Myth Buster #21:
  Sustainable farming CAN feed the world