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Originally Posted by Richard
In California, they only have funding to inspect conventional farming and not the certified-organic growers. Once consequence of this is that certified-organic produce that ends up in the stores has 4 times the pesticide residue of conventional produce in the stores.
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You guys must have a different extension system. Ours don't really inspect. You call them up if you have a problem or bring in a problem to them and they will diagnose. Several times a year they usually put on classes for the growers. But, those classes almost always revolve around pesticides and are sponsored by pesticide companies. I've presented research at several of them. The whole system is set up to support agrichemical companies. The agrichemical company sponsors the research and then uses the University of Florida name to lend creedence to the results. I'll give it to the sugarcane industry, they have spent a lot of money over the years looking into non-chemical IPM. The biggest pests we have are controlled by massive releases of parasitic wasps and fallow flooding.