Organic Farming
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All farmers should not do organic farming
about vegetables and fruits Yumi
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AgendaAgenda
1. Supply issue2. Cost issue 3. Productivity issue
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1. Organic is still small market
• Organic farmland is only 0.5 % in U.S.(1992-2005, According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture)
• Organic food industry is only 2% in the U.S. & WW (eartheasy.com,"The (still) high cost of organic food")
• Only 10% U.S. consumers buy organic items always (Nutrition Business Journal & the Hartman Group)
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2. What raises the cost?
-Labor expensesLabor expensesconsume 40-50% of sales Mid-size 25% higher
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3. Reduce the yield
Risks•Diseases•Pest attack• Weed control
Yield loss•10-25% (average)
(Danish Environmental Protection Agency, 1999)
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AgendaAgenda
1. Organic is still small market 2. What raises the cost?3. Reduce the yield
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• United States Department of Agriculture<http://www.usda.gov/• REDBOOK, "The Truth About Organic Foods”http://www.redbookmag.com/recipes-home/truth-about-organic-foods• eartheasy.com,"The (still) high cost of organic food”http://www.eartheasy.com/article_high_cost_organic_food.htm• United Nations Environment Programme,2009, The environmental food crisishttp://www.unep.org/pdf/FoodCrisis_lores.pdf• Danish Environmental Protection Agency, 1999, Conclusions and recommendations
of the Committee:8.7.1 Total phase-outhttp://www2.mst.dk/common/Udgivramme/Frame.asp?http://www2.mst.dk/udgiv/Publications/1998/87-7909-445-7/html/kap08_eng.htm#8.7.1• Environmental Working Group (Shopper’s Guide)http://www.foodnews.org/walletguide.php
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• The American “The problem With Organic Foods”http://www.american.com/archive/2008/june-06-08/the-problem-with-organic-food• Common Ground “Organic Farming’s Labor Problem”http://www.columbia.org/pdf_files/cainstituteforruralstudies.pdf• Organic.org “Certified Organic Label Guide”http://www.organic.org/articles/showarticle/article-201• Healthy Difference Between Organic and Non-Organic Producehttp://www.5min.com/Video/Healthy-Difference-Between-Organic-and-Non--Organic-
Produce-236976279• Poverty: 2007 and 2008 American Community Surveyshttp://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/acsbr08-1.pdf• The Heritage Foundation “Understanding Poverty in America”http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2004/01/Understanding-Poverty-in-
America
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All farmers should not do organic farming
about vegetables and fruits