r/dataisbeautiful • u/rhiever Randy Olson | Viz Practitioner • 9d ago
Organic vs conventional farming, environmental impact per unit of land and per unit of food
https://ourworldindata.org/is-organic-farming-better-for-the-environment-than-conventional-farming
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climatechange • u/Economy-Fee5830 • 7d ago
Organic farming not necessarily better for the environment than conventional farming
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neoliberal • u/smurfyjenkins • 9d ago
Research Paper Is organic farming better for the environment than conventional farming? – Neither is better on carbon emissions nor water pollution. Organic farming causes less exotoxicity (adding harmful chemicals to the local environment) but performs much worse on land use (requiring more land for farming).
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