appreciates your amusement. It must be that you just haven=92t come up w=
ith a
good =93organically-correct=94 answer yet. =
But remember, one of the historic justifications for organic farming has =
been
that it was kinder to wildlife. That=92s why you have the public=92s ap=
proval!
Now that countries like Indonesia have demonstrated their willingness to
destroy millions of acres of tropical forests and dam up whole regions=92=
worth
of migratory fish populations to get high-protein diets, the wildlife
contributions of organic farming look pretty small. In fact, they=92re
negative. Most of the wildlife the world is losing has been the result o=
f
extending low-yield organic farming methods in countries like Ecuador and=
Nigeria. =
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