It's not easy being green

I wonder how similar definitions of 'organic farming' are across different countries. For example, would organic farms in developed countries be 'more' organic because of various formal certifications? Or perhaps farms in developing countries would be 'more' organic simply because agriculture isn't as industrialized?

The relevant data is the tonnage of organic produce produced. Data on number of farms doesn't really give useful data on organics.

It's actually a really bad sign for the environment....organic farming uses far more acreage to yield the same amount of food. As a result, more forests are cut down down. If it wasn't for pesticides and bio-engineering, there wouldn't be a single acre of rainforest left in the world.

I also wondered how one defines what's an organic farm. Would an organic farm in Australia or Germany have the same requirements as one in Uganda or Mexico? If the rules are standardized, it should say so (& say what they are). If not, it must give that caveat as well.

And "organic" brings up a good point. In more-industrialized countries, there are fewer mom-and-pop farms, and more farmland is run by large farming corporations (sometimes organic, sometimes not). So a country with fewer giant farms will obviously fall lower on this list, regardless of its actual produce.

A better statistic would be % of food that's organic out of the total amount of food created in that country. I'd like to know what *that* graph would look like.

The organic standards put forth by International organization are too extreme which can not be followed strictly. What people say organic are not really organic because the government policies have not changed. GM crops can not come under organic. But in the US almost all crops have become GM. According to the World Standards GM crop can not be used in organic farming. The fertilizer production all over the world have to be suspended if we go for organic! Will it be possible? Think of the reality rather than fanaticism. Let's think of Green Agriculture as Prof.M.S.Swaminathan the Indian Agricultural Scientist says. Using moderate chemicals and pesticides agricultural products can be safe. Let us think in this direction rather than be adament.

No pues... si estamos bien fregados

((This is terrible))..."If everyone turned towards/put an effort in being organic...that would be one of the greatest gifts we could bestow to our world!"

We need to start thinking more; about our health and the way we're treat our world horribly...chemicals? DISGUSTING!