of these trucks drive? Family farms that have been using pesticides and herbicides for generations still “sustain” their whole gig. And no matter how sweet and “humane” you are about it, the critter is going...

of modern ones. We do a lot of work, however, to collect and maintain traditional germplasm. Most GM crops so far either have the pest repellent Bt gene or have resistance to glyphosphate herbicides. Both increase safety and...

and vegetable far out weighs the uncertain risk of eating herbicides or pesticides. So don’t pass up a fruit or vegetable because it not organic..especially if you are an adult. They say the same thing about mercury in...

Most of my life I have hated fruit. Part of it is that I have a weird allergy to certain raw fruits and vegetables. I am not sure if it as a pesticide or herbicide reaction, one to fertilizers, or an enzyme reaction to those...

that’s left are the huge agribusiness operations that use a combination of chemicals (pesticides, herbicides, gmos), machinery and cheap migrant labor to produce cheap, poor quality food that doesn’t even taste very...

can select your produce based on likely pesticide/herbicide contamination that way.

Uhh.....and why exactly is it impossible to grow corn organically? Literally thousands of organic farmers who do not use any herbicides, pesticides, or nutrient inputs in NE, SD, ND, IA, MN, WI, KS, and MO would be quite startled...