Buy Organic and Destroy the Planet, Scientists Say
Thu, Jul 19, 2007
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When Wal-Mart and McDonalds start offering organic and fairtrade products, you know ethical consumerism is taking hold. But is buying ethically all it’s cracked up to be? Or does it simply distract us from taking collective action that can make a real difference?
Scientists believe that despite their eco-friendly image, some organic farmers create greater pollution and contribute more to global warming than conventional farmers who use pesticides and fertilisers.
According to the Manchester Business School study, certain organic foodstuffs — such as milk, chicken and tomatoes — produce more greenhouse gases, create more soil and water pollutants and require more energy and land than those grown on non-organic farms.
The Soil Association, the country’s main organic certification body, conceded that organic farming was not always energy-efficient. However, it claimed these disadvantages were vastly outweighed by other factors not assessed in the study, such as animal welfare and soil conditions.
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Liberal Debutante » Blog Archive » I Dislike Link Posts Says:
July 21st, 2007 at 4:18 am[...] This story takes place in a phallic tower, one that slightly resembles a haunted tower at the University of Toronto. Inside this tower there was a group of people who had come together to try and make an extremely important decision. They met inside a relatively normal conference room with eggshell white walls and a fake oak door. The room was three times longer than it was wide and had a mirrored ceiling. At one end of the room there was a table with food placed out, all of it was organic because the people there simply hated the environment. [...]
December 15th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
This is a terrible attempt to debunk organic foods’ eco-friendliness. It doesn’t give any facts as to why and how growing organic tomatoes, chicken and producing gives off greenhouse gases. (Yes, cows produce the methane that pollutes the air.)
But you must state HOW this happens for it to be legit.
Also, often times Wal-Mart is lying. Their “local” food is only so through a local distributor-which is not where the food comes from. Who knows if their stuff is actually “organic.” There have already been lawsuits and fines paid off with their massive fortune they use to fool gullible customers.