[split] "Some people eat animals, some don't."

[Jade]

Can I make a little aside comment about restaurants? I work at a restaurant that buys as much local and organic food as possible, the menu only has a couple chicken/fish dishes (no red meat/pork) and overall is pretty "clean". We get a lot of tourists and almost every night I hear "This is the best food I've ever had/in as long as I can remember!" (as well as a lot of people who sit down, take one look at the menu, and leave) A little boy the other night told me his carrots and rice tasted like candy. It's really fun to see people react (who have probably never or very rarely eaten food that had any thought put into it whatsoever), and then in turn advocate organic, natural, etc. I mean it's not my favorite thing to say "Oh yeah the chicken's free range!" because I know that's dubious at best, but it still helps plant the seeds in people's mind that clean, well-raised, fresh food is 100x > regular restaurant Costco/Mcdonald's/Monsanto food.

We live in this weird capitalist society so where we choose to spend our money is important. The money we make is our energy to redistribute. I think constantly evaluating out relationship with this energy form is prime catalyst.