TY - JOUR AU - Klonsky, Karen M. AU - Livingston, Peter TI - Alternative systems aim to reduce inputs, maintain profits JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1994/09/01 VL - 48 IS - 5 SP - 34 EP - 42 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3733/ca.v048n05p34 L3 - 10.3733/ca.v048n05p34 AB - The economic component of the Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems (SAFS) project at UC Davis compared the financial performance of low-input and organic farming systems to conventional systems. All of the systems have been profitable over the first 4 years of the project. However, nei- ther the organic nor lo w-input systems have been able to show equivalent profits to either of the conventional systems on a whole farm basis without organic price premiums.