Organic Pest Management (OPM). OPM requires
informed decision-making and careful planning. It includes: promoting
populations of natural predators that contribute to controlling weeds,
disease and insects; growing the most resistant varieties of crops; improving
soil health to resist pathogens; growing plants in the proper seasons, which
also contributes to biodiversity; using organic-approved pest-reduction and
curative products, such as larvae of pest predators. These are considered
effective means of controlling pests, while also promoting a healthy and
diverse ecosystem.