"Ben & Jerry's ice cream might be even more sinister: A gallon of it requires electricity-guzzling refrigeration, and 4 gallons of milk produced by cows that simultaneously produce 8 gallons of manure and flatulence with 8 gallons of methane. The cows do this while consuming lots of grain and hay, which are cultivated by using tractor fuel, chemical fertilizers, herbicides and insecticides, and transported by fuel-consuming trains and trucks."Your self-imposed ignorance is commendable, in that your readers are supposed to assume that you have some degree of intellect. Clearly you are suggesting that you know nothing about the products that B&J produce, that you are completely void of capacity to evaluate even the most basic terms of the greening of businesses and the processes of sustainability, and you don't give a rat's ass about saying anything other than that which will generate the largest cash contribution from your corporate neo-feudal lords. But, as you so well model, i digress.
Suggestion: read up on organic farming, so that you realize that milk can and is produced in Vermont organically. First, this means none of those "cides" you list are used. Second, reasonable and intelligent farming practices have been in place in Vermont, and recommended by B&J, for many years, and among these are the use of non-till drill grain growing and recycled compostible animal waste products. Transporting is an issue, and most of us who really do love our B&J prefer to purchase locally-created products, that are every bit as good but with less costs for transportation and storage. These products, like B&J, use post-consumer recycled paper packaging, 100% recycleable PETE 1 seals, non-toxic and non-hazardous inks, and locally produced ingredients. All of this is a boon to the economy but that obviously would never be your point??
Further, unlike your pompous pimply butt, we use alternative sources of energy and power generation, none of which negatively impacts the Earth's atmosphere--but certainly requires increased funding. Oh damn, sorry i mentioned the improved economic benefits again; i really didn't mean to. And last but not least, B&J and other similar local products are just that: locally manufactured products. This means we don't import manufactured goods and processes from slave labor countries to which most of your corporate overseers have shipped all of the means and labor of production. Once i again i dare to mention the improved economic offsets from greening sustainable life practices. Damn it George. Get off the toilet.
