48 In Sri Lanka, Organic Farming Went Catastrophically Wrong...A nationwide experiment is abandoned after producing only misery...Against claims that organic methods can produce comparable yields to conventional farming, domestic rice production fell 20 percent in just the first six months. (foreignpolicy.com) posted 2 years ago by Taffy333 2 years ago by Taffy333 +48 / -0 7 comments share 7 comments share save hide report block hide replies
It depends how you do it. I've seen people fail because they try to scale permaculture like it's a weedy garden. The issue I can see is you get a few university students who grow a few plants in a garden and they think that will feed the world.