Big Green Lies

No wrappers

I agree. Organic is better if it comes packed as grown. No packaging and hopefully no chemicals.

Unanswered Questions

I would like to start by stating that I think these video clips are a great idea and I am not trying to rip them apart. The only issue I have is that I think they lose credibility because they don't cover all the issues pertaining to the subject (granted it would be difficult to do so in a five to ten minute clip) and I would really like to see someone try to tackle the complete problem.

For example in this clip on organic food the environmental impacts were not fully discussed (which was the topic), and the emphasis was on taste (which is difficult to determine if the improved taste is a result of being organic or local or production method i.e. how long the food was allowed to grow and develop or a variety of other reasons).

Some questions I have that I would have liked to see you try to tackle in this video are:

Food miles and the loss of nutrient/ environmental issues associated with having to harvest the product and ship it before it is fully developed.

With the growing global population and growing wealth (particularly in China), the demand for meat is on the rise, without decreased meat consumption is it possible to feed the world organically?

Is there a difference between Big Box Organics and Local Organics? Are Big Box Organics that different from conventional factory farms?

GHG emissions associated with local products. For example how far (I don't know her name) had to drive to source the products used in her meal. Are there some products are better to source locally and some that aren’t worth it? (See Peter Singer's example about Hot House Tomatoes in The Way We Eat)?

Is it better to support local farmers and the local economy at the expense of international farmers who derive all their income from selling their products abroad, generally with no social infrastructure to support them if this business fails?

The point on nutrient loss, I think, is valid but I was disappointed that you the information was provided from an obviously bias source. (A 2008 study from the Organic Center found that organic foods have 25% more nutrients than their conventional counterparts.)

To be honest this clip did not clear up any questions I had. However clip on gasoline consumption with air conditioner on or off was very interesting!

If you do have an answers or opinions to the questions I posed I would love to hear from you. And just to restate I don’t want to discourage any research in trying to sort through greenwashing or how to actually live green, I just think it is important to carefully consider all the issues attached with a certain subject because that is the really hard part.

Thanks.