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Readings: Session 23

Authors: Kathleen Merrigan, Ph.D., William Lockeretz, Ph.D.

Readings

David Pimentel, State of Science Review, forthcoming from The Organic Center

Review materials at http://www.eere.energy.gov/biomass/biomass_policy.html

Key Questions

State of Science Review

Compare the conventional and organic systems for:

yield levels during the transition period
yield levels in drought years
energy inputs
crop economics
labor requirements
soil carbon and nitrogen build up
nitrate leaching
soil microbial population

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