This year about half the apples in our garden were devoured by insect and microbial predators. You could say this is the natural condition for producing organic

This year about half the apples in our garden were devoured by insect and microbial predators. You could say this is the natural condition for producing organic food. The pristine ones marketed for sale are there courtesy of the 2.8 million tons of pesticide (2009. Is it more or less now?) used to fend off such attacks. Have we properly assessed the true cost of our food? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946087/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946087/