Narrative in Sound and Motion: First half of Earth Hardening

Some interesting stats on our food consumption in America taken from Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver a New York TImes bestseller, ehjournal.net - Environmental Health online and the Consumers Union:

1. Each food item travels an average 1,500 miles to get to our plate.5
2. If each American family ate one locally grown meal per week we would save weekly 1.1 million barrels of oil.5
3. U.S. farmers spend $8 billion per year on chemical pesticides - 3.5 pounds per person per year.165
4. an estimated 67 million birds die each year from pesticide exposure on U.S. farms.221
5. ehjournal.net a science commentary reports that mercury was found in 9 of 20 samples of commercial
high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a common sweetener of foods and beverages. Mercury is a potent brain toxin.
6. Consumer reports finds 71 percent of store-bought chicken contains harmful bacteria.

Now that I'm getting these facts down I'm beginning to see that I can approach this in a different way. Rather than tell people the benefits of gardening, I tell them the negative effects of all that pollution and watch the effects of it over time. Here's a couple different ways to present that kind of an idea:

1. The empty plate that fills up with oil, bacteria, mercury, pesticides and a dead bird. The final image is like a still life that wraps round a carton and finds itself on the store shelf. A nice thing to eat?

2. The couple enjoying a romantic meal for two in a parc. The stats appear next to the things that are dying. The last scene is with no grass, no tree, dead birds, poisoned brains and sick insides. When's our next date?

3. The woman at the supermarket slowly filling up her cart with oil, pesticide, mercury etc, all to make the most appetizing cake. Mmmm.