Not Industrial, Not Organic: the Marsden Farm Study Shows Us a Third Way

http://magazine.good.is/articles/not-industrial-not-organic-the-marsden-farm-study-shows-us-a-third-way

The Marsden Farm study, published just this October in the open access journal PLOS One, presents a potentially revolutionary new approach to farming that is surprisingly simple.

Using an approach called Integrated Pest Management (a blend of methods and tools from both organic andindustrial farming) and increased diversity of crops in rotation, the 22-acre experiment at Marsden Farm in Iowa was able to demonstrate increased yields and decreased chemical usage with stable profits.

Click here to access the full article by Aubrey Yee in Good Magazine.