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Re:Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks in the... by benj111 on Sunday June 23, 2019 @05:36PM (#20258828)
You don't have to aim to topple the industry, just pressure them to make changes, with the implied threat of a boycott.

I'll admit that approach works better with a simpler less wide ranging issue. Examples off the top of my head, in the UK I don't believe you can buy non fair trade bananas from any of the major supermarkets, and most eggs now seem to be free range.

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Re:Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks in the... by lozenge on Monday June 24, 2019 @02:50AM (#20261085)
Yes, most eggs. I just checked and 44% are intensively farmed(not free range). Generally most use in processed food and catering will be of a lesser quality standard. Funnily enough the environmental impact is usually less for intensively farmed food.
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Re:Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks in the... by benj111 on Monday June 24, 2019 @03:21AM (#20261242)
"Funnily enough the environmental impact is usually less for intensively farmed food"

What are you comparing here? Could a mega farm invest in slightly more efficient processes than a mere 'very large farm'? Possibly. But by that time you've already got all the issues of grubbing up hedgerows, mono cropping, reliance on artificial fertilizers, soil erosion, etc.

A small organic subsistence farmer isn't going to have anywhere near the same impact. Now you may not be able to feed the world using that model, but I don't think its fair to say that the environmental impact is worse compared to intensive agriculture.

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