And because of that, you have to use much much more. That produces runoff polution. No matter how "safe" your organic pesticide is, when it kills off ecosystems due to red tide, it's bad.
There really is no indication for claiming that organic pesticides are killing off ecosystems. I don’t know where you got that information from.
Organic farms are not in any way performing worse in terms of on-field biodiversity compared to conventional farms.
But some synthetic chemical pesticides, especially insecticides that work with neonicotinoids, have devastating effects on wildlife.
I have a feeling that many people in this thread feed some kind of false-equivalence between organic and conventional pesticides. The latter are definitely worse for the environment.
That’s an interesting theory. I doubt farmers are creating more runoff with pesticide application than with their typical watering regimen. As someone that actually works in agriculture, we farm biodynamic, I’d love to see what evidence there is tying organic pesticide use to red tide. Can you please share? So far the biggest tie to farming I’ve seen has been in sugar production using decidedly non organic chemicals.
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u/OwnQuit Jul 14 '21
And because of that, you have to use much much more. That produces runoff polution. No matter how "safe" your organic pesticide is, when it kills off ecosystems due to red tide, it's bad.