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She says plastic's typically less than 10% of the total environmental impact of the food product that you're consuming. The food itself, far more important to whether or not you're actually making a sustainable decision. What's the carbon footprint of yogurt? This is a good question, and this invites a whole lot of other questions on the other side of it.

But what she's saying is that packaging's kind of a red herring. And also, like, La Fermiere's marketing is kind of encouraging you to follow that red herring. Like, they're not saying, look how sustainable our yogurt is. They're saying, look how sustainable our packaging is, which is another reason for me to at least believe that this is primarily a marketing decision.

But what she's saying is that packaging's kind of a red herring. And also, like, La Fermiere's marketing is kind of encouraging you to follow that red herring. Like, they're not saying, look how sustainable our yogurt is. They're saying, look how sustainable our packaging is, which is another reason for me to at least believe that this is primarily a marketing decision.

But what she's saying is that packaging's kind of a red herring. And also, like, La Fermiere's marketing is kind of encouraging you to follow that red herring. Like, they're not saying, look how sustainable our yogurt is. They're saying, look how sustainable our packaging is, which is another reason for me to at least believe that this is primarily a marketing decision.

You're with the teenagers in this one. I'm with the teenagers. And also, the funny thing is that La Fermiere's yogurt, which is the thing actually driving whether or not it's a more sustainable option than its competitors, seems to be pretty environmentally friendly.

You're with the teenagers in this one. I'm with the teenagers. And also, the funny thing is that La Fermiere's yogurt, which is the thing actually driving whether or not it's a more sustainable option than its competitors, seems to be pretty environmentally friendly.

You're with the teenagers in this one. I'm with the teenagers. And also, the funny thing is that La Fermiere's yogurt, which is the thing actually driving whether or not it's a more sustainable option than its competitors, seems to be pretty environmentally friendly.

And there's a couple reasons for that. One is that the company operates on a kind of make it where you sell it principle, meaning the company's two biggest markets, France and the US. The dairy is produced and processed locally in both of those countries.

And there's a couple reasons for that. One is that the company operates on a kind of make it where you sell it principle, meaning the company's two biggest markets, France and the US. The dairy is produced and processed locally in both of those countries.

And there's a couple reasons for that. One is that the company operates on a kind of make it where you sell it principle, meaning the company's two biggest markets, France and the US. The dairy is produced and processed locally in both of those countries.

So you're not adding a bunch of transport miles inside that part of the supply chain, which is going to lower the carbon footprint that's mostly invisible to the consumer. But also, at least in France, where this data is public, La Fermiere is sourcing its dairy from small local farms with an average of only 35 cows.

So you're not adding a bunch of transport miles inside that part of the supply chain, which is going to lower the carbon footprint that's mostly invisible to the consumer. But also, at least in France, where this data is public, La Fermiere is sourcing its dairy from small local farms with an average of only 35 cows.

So you're not adding a bunch of transport miles inside that part of the supply chain, which is going to lower the carbon footprint that's mostly invisible to the consumer. But also, at least in France, where this data is public, La Fermiere is sourcing its dairy from small local farms with an average of only 35 cows.

And farms like these, if they're using certain agricultural practices, they could be better for the environment than large-scale dairy farms.

And farms like these, if they're using certain agricultural practices, they could be better for the environment than large-scale dairy farms.

And farms like these, if they're using certain agricultural practices, they could be better for the environment than large-scale dairy farms.

Yeah, you could eat non-dairy yogurt. And this is kind of the quality of this kind of sustainability conversation. It's a hall of mirrors. Being human is bad for the environment, and all sorts of decisions we make inside of being human are also bad for the environment. So yes, you could say, I no longer eat full dairy yogurt. I eat

Yeah, you could eat non-dairy yogurt. And this is kind of the quality of this kind of sustainability conversation. It's a hall of mirrors. Being human is bad for the environment, and all sorts of decisions we make inside of being human are also bad for the environment. So yes, you could say, I no longer eat full dairy yogurt. I eat

Yeah, you could eat non-dairy yogurt. And this is kind of the quality of this kind of sustainability conversation. It's a hall of mirrors. Being human is bad for the environment, and all sorts of decisions we make inside of being human are also bad for the environment. So yes, you could say, I no longer eat full dairy yogurt. I eat

oat milk, yogurt, or whatever else is out there, and that would be better for the environment, and you wouldn't have to have this conversation at all. But this is the conversation we've chosen. But this is the thing I hadn't understood when the teacher, David, first posed the question. He wasn't just asking about the packaging.