If you just snack on fruits and vegetables all day, this is the way to do it. Cut up some vegetables and pack them in your lunchbox with some hummus. 1  Fruit: 1 cup cantaloupe, 1 cup champagne grapes. 2  Vegetables: 1 cup sugar snap peas, 1 yellow bell pepper, 1 stalk celery.
Pesticides are substances used to repel, kill, or control animals (insecticides) or plants (herbicides) that are considered to be pests. There are different types of pesticides, which include synthetic pesticides and biopesticides (Figure 1). Pesticides are used extensively in agriculture and they are also used at a lower scale in our homes and on ourselves.
1 Organic fertilizers do not contain these chemicals, therefore they do not produce this effect on the environment. 2  Farmers use chemical pesticides to eliminate insects and diseases that destroy crops and diminish food supply. Farmers use chemical pesticides to eliminate insects and diseases that destroy crops and diminish food supply. 2  These compounds work very well in killing the insects that feed on the roots, leaves and stems of both food crops and garden flowers.