Worldwide Organic Food is a bad idea

Ok round 3. The final round. Growing Crops in Harsh Climates: Whether it is high or low deserts, or humid and wet tropical areas each has its downfall. Yes there are some crops that naturally grow in these areas, and few that can be raised with little to some difficulty. However if you want to raise Organic foods, that have little to no impact on the soil and surrounding areas as well has being rich in nutrients to give the people of the region a healthy and balanced diet, you might find it difficult to impossible to do. The hardest and pretty much impossible area to raise crops would be high deserts with little to no rainfall. For further information and some not so light reading please see: http://c.ymcdn.com... It goes into more depth then I have room to write. The Numbers: Studies from 2012 show that an average of 25% less yields for Organic farmers vs Conventional Farming. Granted I'm sure they are doing what they can to help in this area, but 1/4 less food is a lot. Especially when you consider that our world population just keeps growing! For more information on the numbers: http://www.cnn.com... Growing Your Own Crops: This is solely my speculation, but I am an American and we have some of the laziest people in our country. I myself love to grow my own food in my backyard and freeze it for later use (because fresh just tastes so much better, and that includes fresh from a conventional farm for me), but I find it hard to believe that one of the laziest country's in the world would get up to make any real difference. I think of it more as a Utopian Idea, and without some Drastic Armageddon crisis going on, I doubt it will change any time soon. Again this is only my opinion, but I feel allot of people would agree. Organic Food Transportation: The main idea of organic food is to 1. Eat healthier, and 2. Have less of an impact n the earth. Yes we could vacuum seal it and fly it right to the places that need the food, but A) jet fuel B) plastic to seal it in If you want to freeze it: C) freezing requires Tetrafluoroethane and sometimes still CFC's. For more information on Tetrafluoroethane see: http://en.m.wikipedia.org... I could go on... But I'll stop there Pesticides: Yes there have been and continue to have ill effects from pesticides, although studies are still being done for the most part. There are Agency's that study chemicals in pesticides to find out the effects on both animals (including us humans) and the environment, in order to stop or regulate the said chemicals if needed. Anything that is new comes with possible unforeseen effects, we see this everywhere we look. The point that some pesticides have been known to cause danger and they are being taken care of. It is human nature to try new things, and we fail more them we win sometimes. For example: http://www.epa.gov... The EPA does studies all the time to try and stop any potential risks to our environment including today's conventional farming methods, and are trying to figure out how to make it work for the better. I will say that I have no personal problem with Organic food, I even grow some of my own, but in today's society we cannot switch to Organic Farming. We can only hope that are collective knowledge will lead us in a healthier and more environmentally friendlier direction when it comes to our food. In a perfect world we could live side by side with Nature and have no ill effects on the world around us, unfortunately we live here, and we must do what we can to preserve what we have left. I look foreword to your conclusion of our debate, and would like to thank you for the discussion (I refuse to call it an argument), because an exchange of ideas is what will help us in the end. Thank you.