I totally agree with you that it's really important to invest continually in research and innovation. I also support the idea of putting more emphasis on organic, because certainly there is a huge overlap of opportunity for commercial growers to apply those technologies.
On our farm we do a lot of work with biological controls, such as beneficial insects and organic registered pesticides for fungus control, that will not impact our beneficial insect population. More research in that direction would help us move towards a more sustainable future.