Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

(1) “Agricultural commodity” means any distinctive type of agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, floricultural, vegetable, or animal product, including but not limited to, products qualifying as organic products under chapter 15.86 RCW, private sector cultured aquatic products as defined in RCW 15.85.020, bees and honey, and Christmas trees but not including timber or timber products.

(2) “Center” means the center for sustaining agriculture and natural resources established at Washington State University.

(3) “Integrated pest management” is a strategy that uses various combinations of pest control methods, biological, cultural, and chemical, in a compatible manner to achieve satisfactory control and ensure favorable economic and environmental consequences.

(4) “IR-4 program” means interregional research project number four, clearances of chemicals and biologics for minor or special uses, established in 1963 by the cooperative state research service of the United States department of agriculture, the coordinated national program involving land-grant universities and the United States department of agriculture to provide data required for the registration of pesticides needed for the production of minor crops.

(5) “Laboratory” means the food and environmental quality laboratory established at Washington State University at Tri-Cities.

(6) “Minor crop” means an agricultural crop considered to be minor in the national context of registering pesticides.

(7) “Minor use” means a pesticide use considered to be minor in the national context of registering pesticides including, but not limited to, a use for a special local need.

(8) “Natural resources” means soil, water, air, forests, wetlands, wildlands, and wildlife.

(9) “Pesticide” means chemical or biologic used to control pests such as insect, rodent, nematode, snail, slug, weed, virus, or any organism the director of agriculture may declare to be a pest.

(10) “Registration” means use of a pesticide approved by the state department of agriculture.

(11) “Sustainable agriculture” means a systems approach to farming, ranching, and natural resource production that builds on and supports the physical, biological, and ecological resource base upon which agriculture depends. The goals of sustainable agriculture are to provide human food and fiber needs in an economically viable manner for the agriculture industry and in a manner which protects the environment and contributes to the overall safety and quality of life.

Reviser’s note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).

Purpose—2011 c 103: See note following RCW 15.26.120.