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Organic Yields Less• Conventional foods – 25% > yield• U Minn / McGill University -66 studies, 34crops.• Fruits / some legumes (e.g., chickpeas orbeans), organic farms 3-5% less• Seufert V et al Comparing the yields oforganic and conventional agriculture. Nature.2012.Are crop yields the Achilles heel of organic farming?• Organic agriculture can't compete with conventional interms of crop yields, according to a new study.• By Nora Doyle-Burr, Contributor / April 25, 2012Nathanson, A. Buyouts. 21(2008)28-3130