My cousin is a family farmer and they converted a big chunk of their land to organic maybe 8 years ago. It is indeed very expensive, and takes a lot of knowledge and technical skill to pull it off. And the worst part is when the economy tanked in 2000-2001 -  many farms in their area, including them, had to leave land empty because once you go organic, it's way too painful to go back. And for a while nobody was buying organic baby greens, etc.

And the worker issue - if more people thought about this angle, I think more people would get behind organic. I was really shocked once on a walkabout on a farm in Monterey County to see little signs with skulls and crossbones in the fields because spraying had occurred. So yeah, no shock to you Amy, but a big helping of poison with that broccoli, please. It's not right that people have to be breathing that in and getting on their skin as part of their jobs.