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I am pretty sure consuming food with small pesticide residue is much healthier than starving to. If you have a working method to maintain crop yields while eli
by ensignavenger 9y ago
I am pretty sure consuming food with small pesticide residue is much healthier than starving to.
If you have a working method to maintain crop yields while eliminating all pesticide use and not increasing cost significantly, I think there would be a lot of people interested, and probably a lot of money to earned.
- Fej 9y agoRobots. If you have a small machine that constantly plucks weeds, you don't need herbicides. Not sure about pesticides.
- ensignavenger 9y agoAutonomous tractors are totally a thing. They will only get better with time and development, but they can't replace pesticides yet.
- robbiep 9y agoYou're conflating pesticides and herbicides
- grzm 9y agoI understand the distinction you're making. My understanding has been that pesticide is a term that includes both insecticides and herbicides. > Pesticides are substances that are meant to control pests or weeds. The term pesticide includes all of the following: herbicide, insecticide, insect growth regulator, nematicide, termiticide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, predacide, bactericide, insect repellent, animal repellent, antimicrobial, fungicide, disinfectant (antimicrobial), and sanitizer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide
- robbiep 9y agoMy bad. As the child of farmers it's never been used this way where I'm from
- grzm 9y agoNo harm, no foul! Growing up in a farming community myself was one of the reasons I spoke up, and I'm sure there's variation in how these terms are used. I definitely knew what you were getting at. Language is pretty interesting!
- atomical 9y agoPlucking a weed is not enough to stop it from growing, especially if it's roots are deep. Also, plant debris can spread the weed. Purslane is really annoying.
- trapperkeeper74 9y agoThere's no need for herbicides or pesticides if the growth medium, plant food, etc. are tightly controlled, like in a hydroponic vertical factory farm in a climate-controlled, air-locked building.
- shanev 9y agoThere is a better way. Look up the work of farmer Joe Salatin and ecologist Alan Savory.
- trapperkeeper74 9y agoFalse dichotomy. There is no mandate to consume pesticide residue. Yields will often be somewhat less without pesticides and monocultural ag isn't itself inherently sustainable, but sufficient calories can be produced without pesticides. Hydroponic factories have the real potential to strickly control cleanliness, diseases and pests maybe able to do without pesticides entirely, while still maintaining a low price-point.