Is organic food really more expensive?
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Committing to organic farming practices and choosing not to rely on chemicals to control pests, weeds, and disease usually also means more work for farmers. Organic farms use site-specific management practices; this means that farmers and farm workers spend more time caring for their crops and animals so that they can make informed decisions about how to best manage them. For example, conventional farmers kill weeds with chemical sprays while organic farmers spend time in their fields weeding their crops by hand.
Rather than spending money on costly treatments after people are already sick, the focus must now shift to spending on prevention. A February 22 New York Times article on President Obama’s plan to cut the national deficit cites the cost of health care as “the biggest factor behind projections of unsustainable deficits in coming decades.” The plan to revise the failing health care system under the new administration will require “investments in disease-prevention programs.” The nation cannot survive, physically or financially, without a plan for prevention.
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