If there was no oil left to make petroleum based pesticides, would we be able to grow enough food to survive?

Question

I've heard that most of our pesticides and a lot of our fertilizers that allow us to grow food are petroleum based. Is there another substitute, or would we have serious problems growing enough food if we were to run out of oil?

Answer 1

no

Answer 2

Companies like Monsanto already produce a large variety of speciality seeds with pesticide-ability or pest-resistance.  Rsearch into the sort of problem you cite is our best hope for the future.

Answer 3

well yea you think this country used pesticides in George Washington times. you need all that c**p