Lots of people impressed with this. What Sam failed to mention is that “none of these pests [in either system] were at economically damaging levels.” The conventional farms did not spray insecticides so the 10-fold difference doesn't matter.
https://t.co/mbe2H7vcdH https://t.co/1tWKsZcID5
Feeding people is all trade-offs, all the time.
In this study, "regenerative" farms were better on a lot of metrics, including profitability.
BUT
There was a 29% yield penalty. That means we need 40% more land to produce the same amount of food.
https://t.co/44tDH7bK5r https://t.co/DJ4XUeJQxD