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The way they want to do it may very well be the first true way to do organic farming, if by organic you mean "farming that delivers products with less mutagenic
by ovi256 10y ago
The way they want to do it may very well be the first true way to do organic farming, if by organic you mean "farming that delivers products with less mutagenic and cancerogenic content".
Contemporary organic farming replaces applying pesticides with pest-resistant breeds of plants, which simply make their own pesticides. This does not result, as commonly understood, in a reduction in exposure to pesticides, only to applied pesticides.
You can read more in this excellent post by Richard Muller on Quora: https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-mind-blowing-facts-about-food/answer/Richard-Muller-3 https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-mind-blowing-facts-about...