Abstract: Garibaldi et al. [1] provide a much-needed discussion on the state of our knowledge on the socioecological impacts of different farming choices. They highlight a lack of data on comparisons of different farming choices, and recommend a research program for comparing alternative versus conventional systems as a way to solve this problem. We discuss here some of the ongoing challenges the scientific community faces in making conventional and alternative system comparisons. Although we see value in categorizing farming systems, we contend that our...
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Topics: 
Environmental resource management
Environmental economics