by Jennifer on November 27, 2009
Or so says Michael Mack, chief executive of Syngenta, a Swiss agribusiness giant that makes pesticides and seeds. According to the New York Times, Mack notes, “Organic food is not only not better for the planet… it is categorically worse.”

His reasoning…
- Organic farming takes up 30% more land than nonorganic farming
- You can’t feed the fast-growing population on existing cropland if you go organic.
- Pesticides are proven safe.
Actually Mack took his speech pretty damn far noting, “If the whole planet were to suddenly switch to organic farming tomorrow, it would be an ecological disaster,” AND that organic food is the “productive equivalent of driving an S.U.V.” Extreme much?
Interesting, but not very convincing. Keep on reading this post!
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by Jennifer on October 23, 2009
In My plan to cut out excess packaging, I discussed my plans for cutting out excess packaging this year. However, first I need to know which packaging I have that’s excessive and can be cut, so a small green home audit about said packaging is in order.

I went through my bathroom and found the following packaging – along side each I’ve made notes about which I can cut and which I’m not so sure about.
Packaging in my bathroom:
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