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[–] Dearche@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Possibly. But indoor produce is less likely to use any sort of pesticide or fungicide, as they are lightly sealed environments.

I won't say zero, as of course fungi are much harder to keep outside compared to insects, but indoor farms are quite controlled to maximize production. I imagine that fungal infections are much likely to occur for most produce, with only some specific ones being particularly vulnerable depending on the location.

[–] girlfreddy@mastodon.social 5 points 1 year ago

@Dearche

I've worked in greenhouses, growing seedlings for tree planting, vegetables and flowers. We used fungicide almost all of the time.

Insecticide was rarely used.

But glysophates were never used as that's a herbicide. The most common one is Bayer-Monsanto's Round-Up and used on 98% of GMO crops in Canada.

Bayer-Monsanto has been working hard to keep it on the market (even tho New Brunswick has been finding evidence that it may be the cause of an illness killing people there).