Pesticides | Walden Cannabis

Cover Cropping

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												<h3>Cover Cropping</h3>
												<p><b>Cover Cropping:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Whenever we grow a crop, the plants draw nutrients from the soil. These nutrients need to be replenished. While conventional farming often relies on synthetic fertilizers and chemical fertilizers to return nutrients and battle weeds, we instead turn to crops that can fix and scavenge nutrients from the atmosphere and deep within the soil to increase biodiversity and soil fertility. These cover crops also choke out weeds, eliminating the need for herbicides. Read more about cover cropping </span><a href="https://rodaleinstitute.org/why-organic/organic-farming-practices/cover-crops/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here.</span></a></p>

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Insectary Beds

Kestrel Habitat

Bat Boxes

Beneficial Insects

Crop Rotation

Biological and Organic Pesticides

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												<h3>Biological and Organic Pesticides</h3>
												<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the most part, we prefer using biopesticides when we are concerned about infestations, which are natural microbial and fungal life forms to control pests. We select species that are the least harmful to our beautiful biodiverse farm ecosystem. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">After all, we have good critters we don’t want to harm in our garden!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After thorough research and assessing the safety of organic pesticide products to our consumers, our workers, and the planet, we have recently added two non-biological methods for pest control into our garden. These products (a mineral oil & sulfur) are used in the plant’s vegetative growth cycle and are non-systemic, meaning they do not stay within the plant tissue after application.</span></p>
<p>A comprehensive list of all products in use at Walden, with descriptions, can be found at <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U3Cwb9Npm2cFQHVeflrp0ckkYt5tErF3zvhG88O3gag/edit?usp=sharing">this link.</a></p>

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Partner Farms

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												<h3>Partner Farms</h3>
												<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For our high end Greenhouse Reserve line, we sometimes partner with farms that meet our rigorous standards for sustainability, pesticide use, and quality. Like us, these partners have a robust Integrated Pest Management strategy that utilizes beneficial insects and complementary crops to help manage pests, naturally.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In situations where the ecosystem gets out of balance, these farms will use certain organic approved pesticides. Like us, they prioritize gentle biopesticides over chemical ones, and choose even their organic pesticides very carefully. The full list, with explanations as to their use, can be found at <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1StuYZnPi4jM1AL84zD4jRbBuVOfqcNtSncVo_57tvr4/edit?usp=sharing">this link.</a></span></p>

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Integrated Pest Management Strategies at Walden

Cover Cropping

Insectary Beds

Kestrel Habitat

Bat Boxes

Beneficial Insects

Crop Rotation

Biological and Organic Pesticides

Partner Farms