A look at the past, present, and future of biopesticides

Added on 02 June 2023

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A look at the past, present, and future of biopesticides

Thanks to an ever-increasing demand for environmentally friendly products and production methods, biopesticides have become an integral part of every grower’s tool box. Not only does today’s consumer want to know that the products they are buying are not harmful to their health, they also want to know that the products were produced using environmentally sustainable production methods.

Increasingly strict regulations on the use of synthetic and chemical crop protection products make the switch to biopesticides a logical decision. The North American biopesticides market encompassed $2.10 billion in 2021, and globally the market is expected to roughly triple from 2022 to 2029 (Source: Fortune Business Insights).

Looking back just a few decades, the market looked much different, and biopesticides had to fight an uphill battle to become an accepted mainstay. Truth is, the hurdles are far from over. One company who has shaped the biopesticide market over the last three decades is BioWorks, which is celebrating its 30^th company anniversary this year. We sat down with Bill Foster, CEO of BioWorks with 25 years experience in the company, to get his take on the past, present, and future of the biopesticide market.