What’s the deal with pesticides and local food?

Grist
By Ask Umbra®Oct 22, 2015, 6:00 am51 pts
Q. Dear Umbra, I recently asked various vendors at my local farmers market whether their produce was organic. Unless posted, the answer was usually no, followed by something like, “But we spray before the fruit sets/before they flower!” No one offered more explanation as to how this was better, but it…

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