2007-10-08 01:28:45 · 5 answers · asked by cvaras1980 1 in Environment ➔ Green Living
Now I have heard it all. All food is "bio". I know of organic food. Technically, all food is organic. Even plastic is organic. Organic is just any carbon compound. But I understand "organic farming" is "natural", with no use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Of course "natural fertilizer" is a chemical too, but made in an animal or compost pile and not a factory.
Still, "bio-food"? As opposed to non-biological food? What would non biological food even be? There has never been any such thing invented that I ever heard of.
2007-10-08 03:18:15 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not economically feasible to feed the world with "bio-food." I am assuming by "bio-food' you mean organic raised food. All food is Biological in nature. Food is not like Bio-fuel vs petroleum.
2007-10-08 10:23:28 · answer #2 · answered by Coasty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No... If "bio-food" means "organic grown" and by that you mean not using mass produced fetilizer, pesticides, or "round-up ready" type seeds.
The worlds population is growing too fast for us NOT to use technology to enhance our food producing methods. Every year more and more farmland is turned into space for housing, commercial, and factory space. If we were to use "organic" methods many crops would be lost to, weeds, insects, and diesease. Try raising a garden near and open field or someplace other than in a city and see how many pests and weeds you have to get rid of in order to get any crop. Now multiply that by millions of acres!
People that live in the city have no idea how they take their food for granted.
2007-10-08 14:26:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. organic farms can produce 3 times as much as conventional farms, especially smaller farms which can easily outproduce large industrial farms and make a lot more sense for most of the world.
Conventional farming is dependent on petroleum to run (and more than just for equipment and shipping, 'cides and a lot of fertilisers have petroleum products in them). organic farms shipping around the world will also have problems when the oil gets too expensive but organic farms that cater to a more local clientele will be able to adapt.
2007-10-08 16:49:54 · answer #4 · answered by Ohiorganic 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Of course it's possible. With today's technology anything is possible if we want it bad enough. A generation ago we would not believe a nuclear submarine had enough energy to power whole cities.
2007-10-12 07:26:41 · answer #5 · answered by SilentDoGood 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋