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I thought it was so you know what youre buying was made with less damage to the environment from pesticides.
21 3 ReplyCommon misconception promoted by wellness ghouls.
Organic farming means that fertilisers are made from natural sources not chemical fertilisers.
Pesticides have exactly zero to do with organic vs conventional farming.
56 15 ReplyMaybe it's different in the US, but in Denmark, organic means no artificial fertilizers as well as no pesticides.
12 1 ReplyIn the US, it means they use different pesticides.
10 2 ReplyFarming without pesticides would be an excercise in absurdity. There are natural options but “no pesticides” isn’t a thing.
2 2 ReplyIt's possible, I'm not sure, but there are definitely heavy restrictions on the pesticides you can use to call your product organic.
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USDA organic absolutely prohibits the majority of pesticides. That's where the standard is most restrictive as there are very few organic pesticides.
11 1 ReplyInteresting. Thanks for clearing that up, I was not aware.
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They’re still drowned in pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers.
It’s just that they have to use ORGANIC pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers.
28 5 ReplyAre they still watered with used fracking fluid?
3 4 ReplyIsn't petrol organic?
4 1 ReplyYes, but I don’t want to ingest it any more than Roundup!
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It should also be noted that organic farming typically uses twice the land area per calories produced, so it's in ways worse for the environment since it requires more land to be converted to farms.
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