Organic farming tends to promote better biodiversity – for bugs, in particular. If we were to compare one hectare of organic croplands and one hectare of conventional croplands, we’d probably find healthier ecosystems on the organic farm. But its big Achilles heel is that organic farming tends to give us lower crop yields, which (yes, you know where I’m going) means we need to use more land. That then introduces a trade-off and creates a divide in opinion of how best to preserve biodiversity: should we farm intensively over a smaller area, or should we farm organically, impacting biodiversity
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