Not to detract from your point that chemicals are not necessary for high food production.

But just to point out that Europe does use glyphosate, on something like 1/3 of crops.

https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145682 Antier et al. (2020) Glyphosate Use in the European Agricultural Sector and a Framework for Its Further Monitoring, Sustainability, 12(14), 5682.