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What is the key belief of the organic farmer?

Options

  1. AThe use of chemicals is necessary to control pests
  2. BThe use of chemicals is harmful to the environment
  3. CBiodiversity furthers health
  4. DA complex system of checks and balances is not necessary in a living and vibrant ecosystem

Correct answer

C. Biodiversity furthers health

Step-by-step solution

In agriculture, there is a method of controlling pests that relies on natural predation rather than introduced chemicals. A key belief of the organic farmer is that biodiversity furthers health . The more variety a landscape has, the more sustainable it is. The organic farmer, therefore, works to create a system where the insects that are sometimes called pests are not eradicated, but instead are kept at manageable levels by a complex system of checks and balances within a living and vibrant ecosystem

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