Discover Why Farmers Can't Just Stop Using Pesticides: The Risk Nobody Talks About

Ep 271 | Pesticides are necessary to feed 8 billion people: true or false?

This week on Discover Ag, Natalie and Tara discuss the viral reel making this startling claim — and why the answer is more complicated than most people realize. They unpack the risk of using pesticides, the very real consequences of not spraying, and the technology that could change food production as we know it.

What We Discovered This Week 🤠

🪩 Why pesticides aren't going anywhere (yet)

🪩 The truth about pesticide-free Europe

🪩 The price of a food supply without pesticides

🪩 What happened when Sri Lanka went fully organic

🪩 Why the real problem could be commodity crops

🪩 The new technology already changing pesticide use

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Intro

(01:01) The Viral Pesticide Claim