Hello
As a city kid, I have zero knowledge about agriculture. To learn a bit about this, I will spend a few days on a farm at the end of the month to talk with farmers who went from "conventional" agriculture to organic.
In the meantime, I'm reading a bunch of books about agriculture, both conventional and organic, but am having a hard time finding sound, non-biased, scientific information about...
1. what problems organic agriculture is supposed to solve (too much, too strong pesticides/fertilizer? lower nutrition in food?)
2. whether these solutions really work, and if they have any drawbacks
For instance, some organic farmers refer to BS like homeopathy or biodynamics
Can you recommend good books and online articles that I should read before I go?
Thank you.