Eco-Fruit Farming: Reducing Pesticides while Promoting Best Farming Techniques

http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/46657

Nowadays, it is becoming harder to grow our food without pesticides. In a 2005 study about apples, it was shown that that 98% of apples contained pesticides in it. The farmer's yield is great, while there are hazardous material in the produce. However, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Integrated Agriculture Systems (CIAS) is working with several apple growers in order to wean farmers of overusing pesticides. Instead, they will use better farming techniques in order to have greater yields. Some techniques include better weather predictions and insects traps in order to reduce pesticide use. As a result, pesticide use has been decreased by 46% where this program had been used.