>Organic production _definitely_ is good for the environment.
>Chemistry aside, it tends to keep farmland as farmland, giving
>farmers an economically-viable option to selling out to developers.

No real correlation there. Any system of farming that makes the farmer
successful tends to keep the land out of development. Farmers are
successful if they produce crops cheaply that the public desires.
Organic production doesn't contribute much to that end.

Neil