Only when these two systems are rectified can we have a truly sustainable culture and agriculture. One of the ways in agriculture to preserve sustainability, is through the use of ecological principals to ensure soil health and to control pests of food and fiber crops. By starting with healthy soil, you can get healthy plants, and healthy plants are more resistant to disease and insect pest pressures. By using natural enemies of crop pests in a wise manner, we can replicate the balance of nature, which will allow us to produce crops sustainably over a long period of time. Another way to look at sustainability is through the life history strategies of organisms.
Some organisms are parasites, others are predators, and yet others are symbionts.
A symbiont is an organism that lives on or in another organism, and both organisms benefit from the association. Symbiont Biological Pest Management Company specializes in utilizing naturally occurring, beneficial insects to control pest insects and weeds in a variety of situations, from farm to home. Symbiont Biological Pest Management Company currently has ongoing consultancy projects with several clients, including Wilcox Natural Products, the USDA, and the governments of China and Portugal. It is the long term goal of Symbiont Biological Pest Management to assist local farmers and landowners in utilizing beneficial insects and other least-toxic control measures in order to implement a more sustainable agriculture for all citizens.