The Economics

  • For each acre of monoculture farmland, it takes approximately $45 in direct labor cost to plant, cultivate and harvest crops (usually corn or soy) in the industrial agricultural system. At the same time the gross revenue per acre in the current industrial system is $720, including subsidies. 
  • Compare that to over $8000 per acre in direct labor for growing craft based organic crops. Intensive Stone-Spirit, post organic agriculture generates gross revenues (even without greenhouses and 12 months of production) of approximately $26,000 per acre.  
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The net value of post organic foods produced with the Stone-Spirit approach is more than $15,000 greater per acre than the return on conventional corn or soy, and that does not include government subsidies. With the awareness growing across America that food is the first medicine, the demand for high quality, nutritious food continues to grow.  
  • Organic food sales in the United States during the 2000 calendar year were almost $7 billion
  • In 2009 the sales of organic food reached almost $30 billion
  • World-wide sales in 2010 were close to $55 billion

Organic food is the fastest growing sector of the American food industry, growing 5 times faster than other market segments
  • As we convert from the current multi-layer national distribution system to a regional direct system
  • we eliminate the waste of close to 35% of the factory food lost in the process of transportation and distribution
  • We deliver food at a significantly lower carbon cost than conventional agriculture, reducing the impact on global warming and 
  • Eliminating significant amounts of chemical pesticides and herbicides.