most pesticide-laden, and most fertilizer-intensive crops
which isn't anywhere close to true. Wheat sells for $7/bushel, a bushel is 60 pounds. Corn & soy are similarly low value crops. Farmers just can't afford to put lots of pesticide and fertilizer on their crops. Fruits and some vegetables are far more valuable so spending more on inputs to increase yields makes sense.
That's just a measure of how big those crops are compared to others. Absolute numbers are not a fair comparison. In terms of chemicals per calorie those three don't even make the top ten.
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which isn't anywhere close to true. Wheat sells for $7/bushel, a bushel is 60 pounds. Corn & soy are similarly low value crops. Farmers just can't afford to put lots of pesticide and fertilizer on their crops. Fruits and some vegetables are far more valuable so spending more on inputs to increase yields makes sense.
This is just not true - corn/soy/wheat are the most sprayed crops in agriculture.
That's just a measure of how big those crops are compared to others. Absolute numbers are not a fair comparison. In terms of chemicals per calorie those three don't even make the top ten.