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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

the only thing that the industry needs to do to reduce pesticide residue is to just spray the produce with water.

Water is often the enemy you are applying the pesticide to combat; a practice known as desiccation. Granted, it seems everyone's favourite desiccant is no longer on the table for modification here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They might just mean wash the final product before shipping it out to the grocery stores.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I see you've never worked with flour before. Once it meets water there is no turning back.

Granted, if you catch it earlier, wheat berries aren't that hard to run through the dryer, assuming you accept the environmental and financial cost. Get into beans, though... Good luck.

If you just mean something like Apples, which don't need to be dry, who doesn't already wash it before consumption already?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Well of course the moment you've processed the crop it's too late to wash them. I was mostly just talking about fruits and vegetables.

But for grains and legumes, washing them before hulling them shouldn't be a problem. Of course there's the issue of added costs, but spraying additional pesticides is also a cost.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Restaurants. Just on the basis of how many people eat at those this is important.