Pesticides have long been attributed to higher crop yields. However, recent research has discovered that pesticides are contaminating ground water and earth and are causing a wide variety of illness and ailments as well as making the ground unable to be used to grow crops again. Farmers are now learning that there are healthy, non environmental impacting ways to protect to crops and maintain yields that are safe to consume, such as using organic compounds and insects to prey on pests.
Key Takeaways:
- The amount of pesticides used both commercially and in residential areas has grown immensely since 1945.
- Grains account for about 70 percent of our daily calories, and grains are grown on about 70 percent of acreage worldwide.
- Agriculture accounts for 70 percent of our fresh water use. When the soil is unfit, water is wasted.
“The assertion promoted by the agrochemical industry that pesticides are necessary to achieve food security is not only inaccurate, but dangerously misleading.”
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