In Rodale Institute’s Farming Systems Trial® (FST)
– the longest running side by side research study of organic and conventional methods – research- ers have found that organically-grown corn and soybeans aremore resistant to drought, outper- forming conventional crops by 30% and 50%
-100% respectively. Under organic farming, the soil organicmatter captures and retains more water
in the crop root zone.Water capture in organic fields can also be 100% higher than in conven- tional fields during torrential rains. The resilience of organic fields in both extremely wet and extremely dry weather conditions speaks to its capability to createmore food security in the climate crisis of erratic and extreme weather. (Lotter et al. 2003).