Pesticide resistance

Does the locavore movement really have any negative consequences behind its pure intentions? When really considering the idea and purpose behind the locavore movement, only positive points come to mind rather than negative. This widespread locavore movement can boost the health of these locavores and will financially support farmers that provide the freshly grown food. This fresh lifestyle of eating promises only the healthiest kind of nutrition as the food is brought straight from where it…

Silent Spring in the early 1960’s as a response to the massive amounts of DDT being spread throughout the United States. DDT had first been introduced in the wake of World War II as a “wonder pesticide” that could eliminate all pests. The real problems began rising when farmers starting using much more of the pesticide than were necessary. Farmers were using as much as two pounds of DDT per acre on their crops, and not long after the effects were becoming noticeable in the food chain. (McKibben…

Knowledge Level and Farming Practices of Ilocano farmers as to Weed and Pest Managements The farmers’ knowledge and management practices were vital in diagnosing weeds and pests problems during the growth stage. The IRRI reported the cause of 37% rice loses were accounted to due to the infestation of pest and diseases. Meanwhile, majority of Filipino rice farmers exhibit cultural management strategy for rice production. The agriculture sector and research institutions were currently engaged in…

The novel The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka focuses on Fukuoka’s life as a natural farmer. Fukuoka resorts back to the original ways of farming, without machines, chemicals, fertilizers, preservatives, or growth hormones. Fukuoka explains how there are two different types of agriculture, scientific agriculture, and natural agriculture; proving how one method is superior to the other. Many people believe that new, modern day farming techniques improve the crops being grown; but that is…

Rachel Carson-- was created in order to persuade readers that pesticides are killers, not humans, but to the whole world. Carson does this through an appeal to nature and an appeal to health. Carson evidently cares a lot about nature and her writing supports it. Her appeal to nature approach is very clear s the passage progresses. She addresses the need for change as she talks about the horrible events that occur with the use of pesticides. Carson uses very descriptive stories to help push her…

Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal - India The impact(s) of this incident. The Union Carbide Catastrophe is one of the world’s devastating and life-threatening events, which have claimed for many lives of people and it is reported that it continues to today. Based on the play, the Union Carbide Catastrophe is a 33 years incident that happened in Bhopal India on 4th December 1984; released nearly 40 tons of highly toxic gas or poisonous gases known as methyl isocyanate. According to the play, at…

Humans are not aware of the importance of food sustainability and how eating healthy are both correlated. Sustainability is defined as the ability to maintain a balance in the environment such as; animals, plants, food, and farm workers. Food sustainability impacts the food we consume and produce. By making food sustainable, this will create many benefits in the community as well as, improving the environment. The following selections emphasize how food is an important factor in the environment…

Imagine flying above the ground taking aerial images of cropland making sure all the pictures capture every flaw to be perfected by a planter; feeling the wind and the fresh, unfettered freedom in the air. This is the daily perspective of several instruments used for aerial photography whose sole purpose is to be efficient. Efficiency is a task that is crucial for the government in this economy. All resources are scarce, so achieving maximum efficiency in crop production has to be accomplished…

Biological control involved using known predators, parasitoids and pathogens of the powder-post beetles. Predators kill and consume their host immediately, whereas parasitoids lay their eggs inside the host that will slowly be eaten internally by the growing larvae. For Dinoderus minutus, known predators include Teretriosoma nigrescens (Coleoptera: Histeridae) that has also been reported to successfully suppressed other stored-product pests (Pöschko, 1994). The braconid wasp, Doryctus jarbus…

what these chemicals are and where they came from. One source I found as to the origin of the so-called safe chemicals that are put on our fruits and vegetables is in part I of the book “Our Daily Poison” by Robin, (2014). She concludes that the pesticides and his friends that are currently being used on our produce are in point cousins of the same chemical compounds that were used during WWII as chemical warfare. This left me quite surprised, most people know the damage that chemical warfare…