Inside the plastic unrecyclable container lies a bunch of healthy organic strawberries. Organic, gluten free dairy free, high fiber bars wrapped in throw away high glossy wrappers. The Yin and Yang of our times, great products in lousy throw away containers. I am one of those who always reads the ingredients. I avoid: avoid high fructose corn syrup, dairy, and GMO's. I look for organic ingredients with high fiber. But if I hit pay dirt in the ingredient department, I often find myself throwing away the wrapper in the trash. We all know where that ends up, in our limited landfills.
It seems to me that healthy products wrapped in unrecyclable wrapping is symbolic of our times.
We get issues half way. We want a clean evironment and green lawns. We want to reduce our carbon without reducing the number of people producing it. We want the American diet sans the detrimental effects so we take statin drugs to nullify the effects of it. We want delicious fruit but hate bees.
Food can't just be healthy for us it has to be healthy for the planet. Smoking at the back of airplanes is a solution based on only half of the truth. Getting the whole story on any issue is key to long term solutions.
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