Though a large organic farm I visited doesn’t use pesticides,
it uses fly paper and blue UV light insect-killers
to keep insects away from the crops.
Truly vegan food is always organic,
but organic food is not always truly vegan.
Tricky indeed.
But less insects are killed on the farm… I hope…
than on non-organic ones,
as there are many huge nettings like fly screens shielding the crops.
It is possible though,
to not intentionally use any means to kill insects at all,
while lovingly dedicating alternative plots of crops for insects.
After some ‘harvested’ some crops for fun personally,
they realised there are a few ants accidentally bagged,
who had to be freed.
The organic is not always vegan indeed.
How vegan are you?
How vegan do you wish to be?
The Bodhisattva path is
the minimisation of harm to any being, and
the maximisation of benefit to all beings.– Stonepeace