Do you buy their "grass-fed" beef?
Do you think you are doing the world a favor by doing so?
Do you regularly become sexually aroused by your own reflection in the mirror?
Do you buy this shit from the Whole Food's website?:
"There was a time when you could walk into your local butcher's shop and find a perfect, beautiful porterhouse, cut that very morning with you in mind because the butcher (who knows you by name) figured you'd be in looking for something like that for dinner tonight.
Think this scene is pure nostalgia?"
Of course, they then go on to say that this isn't just nostalgia at Whole Foods. They proceed to rant about not putting hormones or anti-biotics in their meat, and that the cattle they buy are grass-fed for at least 2/3 of their life.
Do you salivate just thinking about how up your own ass, smug and arrogant you will be able to sound once you start buying meat exclusively at Whole Foods?
Here's a stat for you, you fuck:
"...producing one kilogram of the grass-fed beef so revered by organic devotees and high-end restaurants causes the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as driving a small car 70.4 miles.... for beef raised less luxuriously (fed by grain on industrial farms) the figure is... forty-five miles."~From: Denialism, by Michael Specter
Good job fucking up the environment, ass-nugget.
Did you know that, to sustain the world on organic food, we'd have to plow thousands of miles of rain forest in order to create enough farmland to raise food that inefficiently? Did you know that? That it takes, in many cases, twice the farmland to produce comparable amounts of "organic" food compared to regular food?
Did you know that you have been sold a false image of yourself? That you believe that you are something you aren't, and that a massive corporation called "Whole Foods" has sold you that sense of self? Did you know what you are a shell of a person, suckling self-esteem from the teat of another soul-less company that would tell you any lie it could come up with to get you to keep buying their over priced shit? That you have no value? That your "image" of being socially conscious and organically minded would ensure the starvation of millions if it were adopted world wide?
Did you know that you are a self-righteous prick?
I hope you bankrupt yourself buying that overpriced shit. I hope that subsequently, you have to eat government food-stamp food and I hope you choke on it.
To anyone who doesn't buy their meat at Whole Foods: please disregard the preceding.
16 comments:
Don't buy Organic myself I need all the preservatives to keep my ass looking young
Maybe they should call it "Half(Assed) Foods"?
I use an exfoliating clay mask on my ass to keep it looking young. I would post a picture but those in my inner-circle are pretty much tired of seeing my pale cheeks...
Waldoni: I was thinking "Ass-Whole-Foods"
LOL Ass Whole Foods! Good one!
Thankfully I don't even have a Whole Foods near me because I may have been tempted to buy something there and then would feel like shit after reading this blog post!!!
I buy some stuff there, but only things that I absolutely can't get anywhere else. They carry a particular kind of loose leaf green teat that I like that i have trouble getting elsewhere....
i just can't stand when people that shop their on a regular basis act like they are better than everyone else. the least they could do is just admit that they are elitist leftist wing nuts who need something (ANYTHING) to make them feel better about the fact that they are americans, and americans drive SUV's and occasionally wage war on countries that we have no business messing with...
alas, the war machine and whole foods wage on hand in hand, intimately linked together by this political waste land. This intelligence desert.
i promise a funny or inspiring post tomorrow...
The "grass-fed beef" is not sold as a environmentally friendly alternative, it is sold because it tastes better and is better for the individual that is consuming it, not society at large.
With that said I must admit that I am an elitist left wing nut who needs something (ANYTHING) to make me feel better about the fact that I am American.
FACT: whole foods markets a culture of environmental benevolence to all of their customers, even though our friend John here, and many like him, are able to admit that they are falsely advertising. The first step is admission.
FACT: people that shop regularly at whole foods also regularly take it in the butt...
FACT: whole food has these fruit tarts that are just absolutely to DIE for... the crust is so sweet and crunchy and the fruit they use just tastes like... heaven. I don't care HOW many chickens had to die to make those tarts. any price is fair for that kind of flavor.
Thanks for posting this Charles, I'll think twice about the grass-fed beef...I have to admit I do shop at Whole Foods but not in a self-righteous way. ;-) I like the grass-fed beef more for the reason that it is less cruel to the cows in question to roam rather than be stuck in a barn being fed grain. But that too may be an illusion. Can I buy their fish?
I also try to always buy cage-free or organic eggs, since again I'm worried about the treatment of the chickens. But lately we buy our eggs from a local farm in the Adirondacks and bring them home (they last a long time since they're fresh out of the hen!). Now THAT's free-range. I've seen the chickens personally.
Having worked for a Big Corporation, I have no illusions that Whole Foods isn't just another Big Corporation and does not live up to its hype anymore than mine did. But I feel as if they at least mean well on the humaneness to animals front even if the environmental spin is crap.
I dont know how whole foods handles their fish, but i can't argue with your point about grass fed beef having better quality of life, nor can i argue with John's previous comment about the meat tasting better. My girlfriend's parents always buy the cage free eggs and stuff too. I can see the merit in such endeavors.
as a side note: the original context of this post may have been a little too strong. especially since i admittedly buy certain products at whole foods.
Whatever, grass fed beef tastes better and I can afford it once in a while. Now while you did your best to turn this into some sort of disjointed rant about corporate culture and anal penetration here is the real solution: we just need to eat less meat. One good steak once in a while is better than multiple shitty ones. It doesn't seem like a right or left thing, just stop being a saturated fat filled slob. I know that I probably sound like a leftist ass-pounder but buy meat that is grown locally as much as you can. I must be a super-fag since the majority of the meat I buy throughout the summer is sold a *gasp* farmers' market where obviously liberal ranchers sell me grass fed beef that is delicious. Sometimes, I even grow food myself and make products at home, how gay I must be.
Regardless, I am still going to eat and drink too much but I am going to do the best that I can. I will be gloatingly self righteous too even though I am not sure why it is any of your business what I eat.
While I do agree that we should stop eating as much meat as we do, considering that a majority of our arable farmland is used to grow the feed for the livestock we eat (when it could alternatively be used to grow produce with which we could feed a substantially larger portion of the population), I must take issue with the proclamation of your "super-fagitude" based on your frequenting farmer's markets, at least as far as my original argument goes. Your shopping at a farmer's market categorically excludes you from the subject of the original post, as "Whole Foods" could not be considered a farmer's market.
Further: growing food at home is an optimal arrangement. I don't know anyone who could argue against that... although the cloud of self-righteousness may block the sun that the lettuce so dearly needs.
Either way... I guess i'm totally wrong to insinuate that a lot shoppers of "Whole Foods" are under an overly optimistic illusion about how environmentally benevolent their grocer is? I suppose it would be impossible to tell without some polling outside of a whole foods...
I question your facts.......mr. likes it up the asshole.......organic farming is not less efficient than regular farming...it is more efficient. It produces the same or HIGHER yields AND food with greater NUTRITION content, as organic soil is not devoid of nutrients as most all other soils are and do not need chemical fertilizers to be added..which are about as good for you as Fred Flintstone vitamins... AND mr. no nothing but loves to rant.... with regular farming you have to take into consideration the production of the seeds (thank you Monstranto....), the fact that none of their plants produce seeds that can be saved and used for future plantings, but must be manufactured again, and purchased again, and everything has to be treated with a myriad of chemicals, the production and use of which not only uses resources, but also produces greenhouse emissions, and pollutes(poisons) the air, the water, and poisons everyone who comes into contact with it...those who have to produce it, those who apply it, those who have to live near the fields, those who have to harvest it, those who eat it.....so bang your little head on that a while....not that I like "Corporate Foods"...but hey, it's a "corporate" world, and I for one do not plan on dying of cancer.
Just call me "The Tigress"
You have an obsession with the false word "teat"......hmmm......
Also: I like what Mauigirl said. I like Whole Foods, and even though I would never in my life turn vegetarian, I do support the whole "treat your animals kindly because you are what you eat" thing. And I just like animals...and Whole Foods, though highly over-priced in most categories, does has excellent tasting food.
Jera: I think you and Mauigirl would get along well. Also: I like more than just the WORD teat *nudge nudge, wink wink*
Tigress: Thank you for visiting my blog...
To your point: "It (organic crops) produces the same or HIGHER yields (compared to conventional agriculture)"….
There are a slew of studies out there disproving this. Very few, if any, professionals in the field are claiming that organic farming can produce higher yield. At very best, they produce an equal yield, and that is if the land is optimal and if the organization can afford enough labor there to help deal with bugs, etc. It's much more labor intensive to farm organically, and rarely if ever comes close to equalling the yield of conventional farming.
A synopsis of one such study can be found here: http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/landbouw/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2009/2009-2740-wm.htm
To your point: "but (conventional agriculture) also produces greenhouse emissions"…
First off, volcanoes produce more CO2 than the totality of the industrialized agriculture world on a year by year basis. It's a cliche to throw the "CO2" emissions thing at any problem one sees anymore these days. It's a cliche and it's based on science by scientists who's greatest interest is to continue finding that "right answer". If you ask me (which clearly, you wouldn't), I am not convinced that the levels of CO2 in our atmosphere are not in fact trailing the increased global temperatures, instead of the other way around. Many people have postulated this, but it gets little press and precious less funding for research because there is an entire industry, nay, an entire industrio-political machine that runs its course across our whole planet behind this global warming thing. This is neither here nor there, though, and I will admit that I have yet to read enough un-biased science on this topic to have made a decision for myself about what I really believe there.
That said, I will still address your concern, starting here: http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2010/06/14/industrial-farming-slows-climate-change/
It's common knowledge that organic farming takes more space. This article talks about a study showing that industrial farming, by saving space and, ergo, forest land, is REDUCING greenhouse emissions when compared to alternative methods. Again, part of it comes back to the fact that organic farming, in addition to taking much more space, is much MUCH more labor intensive. People drive greenhouse-gas-emitting machines to and from work. Organic work. Increased CO2 emissions are the result. And those picking organic food for a living can rarely afford "Priuses".
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To your point: "(organic farming produces) food with greater NUTRITION content". I'll grant you part of that here, first off: www.ioia.net/images/pdf/orgvalue.pdf
This is a study of a few basic nutrients and how they differ in levels between organically grown and industrially grown crops. You are right, in a sense, in that organic crops contain higher levels of SOME nutrients almost consistently (although not higher levels of ALL nutrients). The problem is, though, that the world doesn't need "Vitamin C". A trip to Africa, where people are starving and simultaneously having these "sustainable farming, natural, organic" programs shoved down their throat would open anyone's eyes. The EU especially, and also the far left here in the States, are undermining that continent's ability to feed itself by wasting Africa's time and resources with these kinds of programs.
One ought to go to Africa and ask them what THEY WANT. To go to places like Zambia and ask them if they want tomatoes that take longer to farm and costs more to produce, because it has a little more Vitamin C. Go to places where people are dying of starvation and ask them if they prefer Vitamin C over calories. The question here is NOT about "nutrients". It is about CALORIES and PROTEIN (one of the things organics have less of). CARBOHYDRATES. These people don't need a little extra magnesium. They need enough calories in their stomach so that their bodies can go on metabolizing and they can live one more day. This is life and death for them.
The developed world has the arrogance to push ORGANICS on them?! Because of the "CO2 problem"? This is a scam and the impoverished are essentially being murdered by the people advocating this stuff. This is criminal.
To your point: "(industrially farmed food) has to be treated with a myriad of chemicals, the production and use of which not only uses resources, but also produces greenhouse emissions, and pollutes(poisons) the air, the water, and poisons everyone who comes into contact with it...those who have to produce it, those who apply it, those who have to live near the fields, those who have to harvest it, those who eat it"….
Please, tell me what chemicals those are. Who is using them? What are they used for? Who manufactures them? Please, show me a study that says anything close to what you assert: that all industrial farming uses chemicals that "poison everyone who comes in contact with" them.
Please understand that this organic thing is a fashion symbol. It is an accessory for the elite white of America. It is like a "Free Tibet" bumper sticker in the sense that it makes people feel good about themselves, but it is inconsequential when looking at the big picture.
As discussed before, the advantage of organics is the taste/flavor. The rich have money to pay for it, and they should if they so please, but I find it appalling that people are trying to sell this as a way to stop world hunger. It is not sustainable in this way. Our greatest chance at feeding the world is going to come from genetically engineered crops, more efficient pesticides (that have been getting safer and safer for decades), and more efficient fertilizers. We cripple ourselves by holding on to half truths that have nothing to do with reality. Someone is trying to sell you a bill of goods.
I won't address here the overzealous (and sometimes downright nasty) emotion you seemed to exhibit in your reply to my post, but I will refer you to the surgeon general's disclaimer at the bottom of each page of my blog. Perhaps I ought to move it to the TOP of every page? Much love and a good day to you.
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