Just to help me be clear on it...?

Question

in class today we were talking about organic farming and stuff and i had a few questions...

why is it so hard to get NUTRITIONAL foods to the people who need it?how can we stop/improve world hunger?in the future do u think lotsa ppl will farm organicall.my teacher mentioned its longer,and the product ends up being highly priced..also, do you buy organic foods?

Answer 1

believe it or not, there is enough food for the world population. you can check the overall production of wheat, beans, meat, dairy, fish, vegetables and you can tell that there is more than enough to feed everyone of us. the problem is how to bring the food to those who need it. organic foods aren't necessarily more nutritious, they're just free of farm chemicals. i do sometimes buy organic foods but only when i know the source (my neighbor or local farm)

Answer 2

Organically grown foods do not produce the same amount of food per parcel of land, making it an economic burden (or inefficient) to farm in this method (meaning there is less profit to be made).

Also, now and in the future, we will have to make more food with less space (over population).  This will mean that organic farming will continue to be a small percentage of agriculture around the world.

The linked site shows the world's exports of Wheat.  You can see that the Earth is producing much more than it ever has.  How to get the food to those that need it is a political problem, not an agricultural one.

Answer 3

Your question is a little bit confusing.  Organic food has nothing to do with being able to get food to the people that need it.  The reason for this is nearly always corruption in governments.  The facts are that the more people who grow organic food the less food will be produced.  Organic food is not more nutritious than regular food.  It does have less exposure to pesticides and chemical fertilizers.  In the future more people will grow organic food, but it won't dominate the food supply, and it won't help wipe out world hunger.  Just the opposite.