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lolz: this 100 foods no environmentalist should ever eat is stoopid. like really stoopid. some of it's good advice, i suppose. my favorites?
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10. Conventional food: Conventionally grown foods use pesticides that can get into our waterways and other parts of the environment. It is also believed to have fewer nutrients than organic food.
11. Organic food: While organic food tends to be cleaner for the environment, it’s often more energy intensive and inefficiently produced.
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and that leaves me with... what?
i suppose food made in my garden. oh, wait. i live in chicago: i don't have a yard; and it's ass cold a whole bunch of the year.
also to be avoided because of "environmental concerns": rice, bread, olives, and a whole bunch of vegetables because they use pesticides (apples, strawberries, spinach, bell peppers, corn). i could get around that by eating organic vegetables. oh, wait....
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10. Conventional food: Conventionally grown foods use pesticides that can get into our waterways and other parts of the environment. It is also believed to have fewer nutrients than organic food.
11. Organic food: While organic food tends to be cleaner for the environment, it’s often more energy intensive and inefficiently produced.
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and that leaves me with... what?
i suppose food made in my garden. oh, wait. i live in chicago: i don't have a yard; and it's ass cold a whole bunch of the year.
also to be avoided because of "environmental concerns": rice, bread, olives, and a whole bunch of vegetables because they use pesticides (apples, strawberries, spinach, bell peppers, corn). i could get around that by eating organic vegetables. oh, wait....