Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

I've seen it when I spray pyrethroids. It'll start as a nice peaceful field, and within a few minutes of me starting spraying there's a mass exodus of grasshopers coming out the opposite end. So being near conventionally sprayed fields is probably the only thing keeping them in produce to sell.

I'd bet a big part of the problem is farmers want to go organic because they make more money, but it's a massive pain in the ass. So they grow "organic" food that they just spray like they always have. I know that happens, because I know a guy that did exactly that. He grows both organic and conventional produce, and the only difference is what truck it goes on.