Our children's toxic legacy. Free preview available, can purchase or rent. See Organic Alliance, above, to order. Find a book on worm composting in your library or search for information about it on the Internet. Set up a composting box using worms.
Proper washing reduces exposure to pesticides.
Cut up a carrot and dip the pieces in a mixture of red pepper and oil. Test taste after each attempt to see which works the best. Bats eat agricultural pests as well as mosquitoes. Build and put up bat houses. Order ladybugs through a garden supply store and release them into part of a crop at school or in a private garden.