OK, so here's my problem with hippies.

[Robb]

...And it's not what you think. :evilgrin:

Can someone explain why any combination of the terms "natural", "organic", and "cruelty-free" on a package of anything means that the packaging itself is going to be sub-par?

My natural ancient-grain cereal: thin, flimsy box, inside liner split down the side when I opened it.

My organic chips bag: pulled it open and it tore in catastrophic places.

My free-range chicken: sloshing around in plastic bag that doesn't seem to close tightly. I won't mention the high feather count.

My pesticide-free beans can: thin, cheap rim on can makes getting the can-opener hooked on a half-hour task.

Sure, the food tastes better and is better for you. But at what cost?!? :D

[jpak]

Doesn't sound like anything I buy at my organic co-op

Everything there is first rate - and the produce is better than my local big-name supermarket.

BTW - it has nothing to do with hippies...

[Robb]

4. Oh, yeah, this ain't about produce...

My farmer's market could kick anyone's butt on produce.

And I know it's not about hippies. :) Mrs. Robb and I use "hippy" to distinguish between organic and non-organic products -- as in "No no, get the good hippy kind".

As I think about it, I believe it evolved from referring to free-range chickens as "happy chickens", for the same reasons ("No no, get a good happy chicken"). :shrug:

[jpak]

7. Clarification...

The quality of the snacks, meats (free range yak and dingbat) canned goods, breads, etc. etc. at the place I go to are equal or better in quality than what I can find at my local big-named grocery...

and since I'm a member of the co-op - it's cheap. I fill up a shopping cart every week and think - "Keerist! I just spent a fortune on this stuff"

A weeks worth of food + wine and hard cider = ~$60

My only gripe with my co-op is I can't walk to the place (it's ~5 miles away).

:)

[laughing_dog]

1. Hippies don't eat that stuff

Yuppies do. Hippies eat food from gardens & trees.

[StopTheMorans]

2. no, real hippies eat burritos

n/t

[Rainbowreflect]

8. And peanut butter & banana sandwiches.

[JVS]

9. And at certain times whatever is in the cabinet

like Saltines and Hotdogs

[Kathleen04]

3. It's not the hippies fault....

that you have package issues! :evilgrin:

[Robb]

5. This isn't about my package!!

:spank:

That's it, I'm calling a moderatorater!!:D

[JVS]

6. All the hippies I know live on Taco Bell and Wendy's

No problems unwrapping that packaging

[geniph]

10. Thinner packaging breaks down faster in the compost

(and real hippies don't eat packaged food)