Claim (4 claims if working w/ a partner)
1- Organic food supply is limited as compared
to demand.
2- more labor
Research/Evidence Supporting Claim Sources Used
As demand for organic food and products http://www.fao.org/organicag/oa-faq/oa-faq
is increasing, technological innovations 5/en/
and economies of scale should reduce
costs of production, processing,
distribution and marketing for organic
produce.
Retail sales of organic food rose from $3.6
billion in 1997 to $21.1 billion in 2008,
according to the USDA, and 58 percent of
Americans claim they prefer to eat organic
over non-organic food. However, organic
farmland only accounts for 0.9 percent of
total worldwide farmland, and organic farms
tend to produce less than conventional
farms. Conventional farms have the farmland
and the supply to keep costs down since
manufacturers are able to reduce costs when
producing a product in larger quantities.
Conventional farmers use all of those http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2012/0
chemicals and synthetic pesticides because 3/11/10-reasons-organic-food-is-so-expensiv
they end up reducing the cost of production e.html
by getting the job done faster and more
efficiently. Without them, organic farmers
have to hire more workers for tasks like
hand-weeding, cleanup of polluted water,
and the remediation of pesticide
contamination.
The Organic Farming Research Foundation
explained it well: "The organic price tag more
closely reflects the true cost of growing the

3- Its not just the cost of the food production
itself
4- Cost of covering higher loss/ Crop rotation
food: substituting labor and intensive
management for chemicals, the health and
environmental costs of which are borne by
society."
Production costs for organic foods are
typically higher because of greater labour
inputs per unit of output and because greater
diversity of enterprises means economies of
scale cannot be achieved;
Environmental enhancement and protection http://www.fao.org/organicag/oa-faq/oa-faq
(and avoidance of future expenses to 5/en/
mitigate pollution). For example, higher
prices of organic cash crops compensate for
low financial returns of rotational periods
which are necessary to build soil fertility;
Higher standards for animal welfare;
Avoidance of health risks to farmers due to
inappropriate handling of pesticides (and
avoidance of future medical expenses);
Rural development by generating additional
farm employment and assuring a fair and
sufficient income to producers.
Conventional farmers use certain chemicals http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2012/0
to reduce their loss of crops. For example, 3/11/10-reasons-organic-food-is-so-expensiv
synthetic pesticides repel insects and e.html
antibiotics maintain the health of the
livestock. Since organic farmers dont use
these, their losses are higher, which costs the
farmer more and increases the cost to the
consumer. Additionally, without all the
chemical preservatives added to
conventional foods, organic foods face a
shorter storage time and shelf life.
 Instead of using chemical weed-killers,
organic farmers conduct sophisticated crop
rotations to keep their soil healthy and
prevent weed growth. After harvesting a
crop, an organic farmer may use that area to
grow "cover crops," which add nitrogen to
the soil to benefit succeeding crops.
Conventional farmers, on the other hand, can
use every acre to grow the most profitable
crops. Because crop rotation reduces the
frequency in which organic farmers can grow
profitable crops, theyre unable to produce
the larger quantities that are most
cost-effective for conventional farmers.

Sources for Data:

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