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Show Organic Gardening Can't feed World, Say Scientists I fertilizer in the world is in Holland, a country which has the world's highest yielding food crops and the highest health standards. The Dutch also have the highest birth rate, the lowest mortality rate, and a life span two years longer than that of the United States. Organic gardening may be a good hobby, but it's no answer to solving world food supplies. The only way to keep food supply ahead of population growth, say scientists, is to continue agricultural research re-search for new cultivation practices, plant varieties, and chemicals. The widely publicized idea that organically grown food is healthier than the foods most of us eat today is a misconception, according to i Dr. T. C. Tucker, University of Arizona scientist. "All available evidence indicates in-dicates just the opposite is true," he says. Dr. Tucker also scores the idea that increased use of inorganic fertilizers will create a health hazard. He , points out that the most concentrated con-centrated use of commercial |