Agro Shelef: Replacing Chemical Pesticides With Natural Anti-Pest Vegetable Oils

 read

 By Aya Ephrati

"An Israeli agro-tech company has come up with a novel solution to diminish the use of chemical pesticides on fruits andvegetables: Spray them with pest-fighting vegetable oils!
Tamar-Tech, by the company Agro Shelef, is a plant pest control system that consists of a blend of oils that contain natural plant-protecting elements. These emulsions are sprayed on agricultural plants in greenhouses or in fields.
“We use the natural pest-fighting ability of plants to create Tamar-Tech,” Founder Almog Yaish tells NoCamels. “To take an extreme example, peaches contain cyanide in their pits. This is because they [have evolved] to protect themselves against threats such as squirrels. So, too, do other plants and fruits also contain many different ways to block their ‘enemies.’"