>...Organic is grown without pesticides at all, I don't think that is true: >...Organic farming, just like other forms of agriculture, still uses pesticides a

>...Organic is grown without pesticides at all, I don't think that is true: >...Organic farming, just like other forms of agriculture, still uses pesticides and fungicides to prevent critters from destroying their crops. >...According to the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, the top two organic fungicides, copper and sulfur, were used at a rate of 4 and 34 pounds per acre in 1971 1. In contrast, the synthetic fungicides only required a rate of 1.6 lbs per acre, less than half the amount of the organic alternatives. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/httpblogsscientificamericancomscience-sushi20110718mythbusting-101-organic-farming-conventional-agriculture/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/httpblogs...