Good grief kid, you don't listen.
The reason you couldn't feed the world on organic crops isn't because of the reduced yield, it's because of the increased work load. You're not going to get enough people to work, hell, we can barely get enough people to work on farms right now! If you think the only downside is to organic crops is reduced yield, then you're beyond out of touch. I've detailed most of it already in this thread, but apparently you're just gonna pass it on by. But don't listen to me, I don't know anything about the agriculture business. Nothing at all.
Anyways, yes Monsanto owns a lot of seeds. They don't own all of them. Colleges still own quite a few, as well as many other companies. Westbred, Croplan, I could go on and on. It's not like I enjoy paying royalties to these companies to grow crops, but they are better products than the past. It's not as big of a problem as you think. If people followed the rules they wouldn't get sued...I don't know if you're familiar with how it works, but the buyer (farmers) sign a contract stating they won't regrow the seed from that crop. Many farmers still grow a crop from that seed. Then they get pissed when they get sued for breaking a contract they signed. Sure some of the rules are dumb, but we still have to follow them. If you're going to talk about diversity of varieties available...then well...I don't know what to tell you. There's more wheat varieties than there have ever been. More pea varieties than ever. Corn is increasing, same with soybeans. There are more potato varieties than ever. People are always trying to create new varieties, to breed the next great variety. I can't even keep up with them and I try to follow them fairly close. I guess that's not diverse enough tho.
That article you posted is garbage btw. Awful research.
1) Most conventional farmers employ a multiple year rotation with different crops. For example, our farm has a 5 year rotation with 4 different crops. There are still people who do straight wheat, which is obviously a problem, but it's something that is being stressed and eliminated.
2) They're comparing a multiple crop rotation organic yield to a straight crop (no rotation) conventional yield. Literally apples to oranges. I could detail why, but I honestly don't think you're interested in learning. If you are, ask and I'll explain.
This is my job Dala. My life. Maybe I seem like some corporate hack to you, but I can assure you that I care about what I do, and I want to ensure my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren can do what I do. With our practices our soils have dramatically improved over the last 50 years that we've owned it. We are in constant touch with world renowned scientists. I know what I'm talking about when it comes to this subject, I can assure you of that.
