packaged waste...

Consumerism has the potential to motivate how we eat and the products of what we eat. access to healthy food can be construed as stores providing healthy products which include products that are labeled USDA Organic, non-GMO, and not from cows treated with rBST, become increasingly popular. This is not meant to convey that grocery stores are bad... just how we use them and the "stuff" we generate because of them.

visit:
The Story of Stuff
to hear and read more about "stuff".

the consumerism argument, put forth by "The Story of Stuff", overlooks how we contribute to this at the grocery store.
Have you ever stopped to tally how many items you've purchased come in disposable containers and of those, how many are plastic? In other other cultures, if you need to purchase bread, you go to the baker for fresh bread. In the states, we go to the bread aisle.

we can do more to stem our impact on our planet simply by relying more on local farmers and our own backyards (and/or front yard for some!)

If possible, plant what you eat or know where what you eat was planted.