Organic In Style

There is some good news out of the rising cost of oil (always trying to look on the bright side).  A recent study in the United Kingdom has shown that organic food may soon be less expensive than food grown with fertilizers.  This is because fossil fuels are used in industrial farming to manufacture the fertilizers.  “Organic farming, however, improves soil fertility through crop rotations and is less affected by oil prices.”

With the price of oil per barrel increasing, the profit margin on organic wheat, barley and oil seed rape would increase.  Why is this?  Because organic systems take less energy, among other things.  Evidence of the price drop was seen recently in UK markets where organic food sales were said to have dropped by 20 percent over the last eight months.

This is good news indeed. 

Source:

Tibbits, G. “Organic Food To Be Cheaper Than Other Produce.”  Telegraph.co.uk.  09/02/08.

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