Eating organic is a first choice---- if a person has the money to do that; otherwise we have no idea what Monsanto or Dow product has been sprayed on the vegetables. I had some distant cousins that grew very tall. I attribute this to them eating growth-enhanced meat all their lives, but they died at an early age too- probably for the same reason. I don't know if I am welcome in here, because I am only a quasi vegetarian.

@Diogenes I tend to quasi vegetarian as well, as far as I am concerned you're welcome here. As for Dow and Monsanto, I regret the purchases I've made from them in the past, and have none of their products now. My last former FIL was a chemical engineer for Monsanto. His brother worked for Dow. Indirectly Monsanto put my kids through college. Today I and the kids regard Monsanto as a huge evil corporation.

@HippieChick58 From what I have read, the two chemical companies have created sprays to kill the weeds---- then created seeds that will resist the weed killer- or, a two-time poison. One day I was out with a gardening club. What they were doing was to grind up egg shells and spreading this around potato plants. The bugs ingested this, and no bugs. No purchase of bug poisons, and thus no profit for Dow and Monsanto.

@Diogenes That is perfect. Natural and no profit to the evil corporations.

@HippieChick58 One thing I missed to say. These pesticides kill the beneficial worms and bugs, as well as the harmful ones. A clump of earth without earthworms is not good soil. Dead bees do not pollinate plants.--- The end of all my speeches- LOL

@Diogenes agree 100%.