What are organic vegetables and fruits ?
Insects, weeds, bacteria and other organisms can impact the quality and affordability of the food we enjoy. Whether a farmer is approaching pest management using organic or conventional methods, agriculture threats to their crop must be managed. When it comes to pest management all farmers have access to a toolbox including monitoring techniques, prevention, use of predatory insects and pesticides. Farmers call this Integrated Pest Management. Organic farmers limit their toolbox to a list of pesticides that are considered acceptable by their organic self-regulatory body. And farmers using conventional agriculture techniques do not limit their selection of tools and use the appropriate pesticide to manage their threat. Scientists have demonstrated that both methods are equally safe and produce food with similar nutritional levels so Canadians can feel comfortable with whichever method of food production they choose. The Canadian organic agricultural industry is self-regulated as Canada
