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If you believe organic foods are not sprayed with pesticides you have been wildly misled. They typically require higher quantities of pesticides than non-organi
by stouset 8y ago
If you believe organic foods are not sprayed with pesticides you have been wildly misled. They typically require higher quantities of pesticides than non-organic crops, due to the lesser effectiveness of organic pesticides. And those pesticides are often effective for significantly longer than their non-organic counterparts.
- ip26 8y agoYeah, but what pesticide? I don't really mind if my food get sprayed with lots of ethanol, lemon juice, or soap, which are three organic-approved pesticides.
- gcheong 8y agoThis article may give you some information on that with links to the full list on the USDA site. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/06/18/137249264/organic-pesticides-not-an-oxymoron https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/06/18/1372492...
- drewwwwww 8y agoyou may find this four part series on pesticide use on organic farms to be interesting: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2018/05/21/do-organic-farmers-really-use-more-pesticides-than-conventional-farmers-not-even-close/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2018/05/21/do-organic-far...
- stouset 8y agoThank you for this. I’ll try to keep an open mind while reading it.
- specialist 8y agoThat was a great read, thank you.
- eitland 8y agoDepends on where you live etc. Around here the branding is "økologisk" and based on what I read here I think it is quite a bit stricter than the US (but I only grew up on a farm, worked on farms and spent a few months in farming school. I haven't practiced farming for 20 years and I didn't specialize in ecologic farming.)