" Herbicide use has remained steady since 1980, and use of insecticides has fallen 77 percent since 1970, all while average pesticide toxicity has fallen dramatically.5 Agriculture is using half as much labor and 16 percent less land than in 1970 even though farmers are producing much more food.6 "

― Jayson Lusk , Unnaturally Delicious: How Science and Technology are Serving Up Super Foods to Save the World