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Originally Posted by Xist
This article argues that purchasing locally-raised meat is better for the environment than purchasing vegetables from around the world...
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Often the cheapest things are best for the environment. Ever notice how local produce is more expensive than the big box grocery stores? It takes way more fossil fuels to drive pickup trucks of food around and sell small quantities than to move a container ship full of food across the oceans and sell large quantities in grocery stores.
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Originally Posted by freebeard
You don't have to be a vegan to distrust Monsanto.
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Why distrust Monsanto more than any other business? GMO is what humans do, and have done since the beginning of agriculture. Even the extremist Bill Nye changed his mind about GMO. That isn't to say that all GMO is good, or that there are never negative consequences, but no need to wear a tinfoil hat while eating GMO corn, either.
I'm reserving my praise for Monsanto for when they engineer the prime rib tree. Mmmm, fresh picked prime rib.