I love this story about an apple grower fighting pests with hogs. Rather than spray azinphos-methyl on his trees, he bought some hogs and lets them wander around the orchard and eat the larvae-bearing young fruits that drop onto the ground. Not only does it fix the pest problem, but he’s got some fattened hogs at the end of the growing season.

This entry was posted on Sunday, March 9th, 2008.