Abstract: The energy flows and economic flows of organic and inorganic strawberry production systems and their influences on soil environment are discussed on the basis of field experiments. The results of the study show that the fruit yield and the economic efficiency of organic system were both higher than that of the inorganic system. Though, the energy output/input rate of organic system was only 25% of that of the inorganic system, the energy inputted to the organic system was mostly renewable energy, and the contents of organic matter and micro biomass in soil of organic system were higher than that of the inorganic system, it indicates that the soil environment of the organic system is better than that of the inorganic system. 

Key words: organic, inorganic, cultivating system, energy flow, economic flow, strawberry, soil environment