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Stop using pesticides. Gardening uses more chemicals per area than farming by at least an order of magnitude, as people don’t care about cost. It’s not somethin
by pletnes 7y ago
Stop using pesticides. Gardening uses more chemicals per area than farming by at least an order of magnitude, as people don’t care about cost. It’s not something that will solve everything, but it’s a thing you can do, now.
- k_ 7y ago> Stop using pesticides. That. Though I'm very skeptical about the rest of your message. Do you happen to have any source by chance? And also try not to buy (or at least avoid it as often as possible) products that come from those that use pesticides to reduce the impact of farming.
- jabl 7y agoOTOH going all the way to organic farming means more area needed for the same output, exacerbating the biodiversity threat due to land use change. Similarly, no-till farming has environmental benefits, but probably needs more herbicides.
- driverdan 7y ago> And also try not to buy (or at least avoid it as often as possible) products that come from those that use pesticides That's not possible unless you grow all of your own food. And if you do you'll realize how much of your crops are lost to insects due to not using pesticides.
- bryan11 7y agoWhile I don't use any pesticides, farms and cities use high amounts of pesticides. Farms apply pesticides by crop-dusting and with tractors. Cities drive trucks up and down every street fogging the entire city with mosquito pesticides. If enough people complained to the cities about the harmful effects of spraying, they may stop. Convincing agriculture to use less pesticides would be much harder and likely involve powerful lobbies at the state and federal level.