What they’re doing on Marsden Farm isn’t organic. It’s not industrial, either. It’s a hybrid of the two, an alternative version of agriculture for the 21st century: smart, green and powerful.
On this farm in Boone County, Iowa, in the heart of corn country, researchers have borrowed from both approaches, using traditional techniques and modern chemicals to get industrial yields — but without industrial consequences.
If the approach works at commercial scales, and there’s good reason to think it will, it might just be an answer to modern farming’s considerable problems.
See full Article: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/10/big-smart-green-farming/?cid=co4220774
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