> my favorite example of this is the plastic package of organic vegan marshmallows i saw at Whole Foods once

Is this funny because of all the non-vegan marshmallows that come in non-plastic packaging, making the vegan ones worse for the environment? Any change has to be weighed against the actual alternatives.

the alternative i was thinking of was non-processed food.

but, ok, good point point about the packaging. almost every fruit and vegetable from a supermarket's produce section ends up in a plastic bag.