Serious Eats - seriouseats.com

I didn't even know which one was the old one. If ou can't tell them apart, what's the point of a press release?

The baggers at the store I go to do an excellent job with the actual bagging: meats separated, cleaners separated, etc.
The problem I have is with the checkers. The scan the items, then fling them down the belt to the bagger. tomatoes (fling!) bread (fling!) bananas (fling!) canned goods (fling!) Ach! you've just ruined everything! cracked tomatoes, crushed bread, bruised bananas, split yogurt. At least the yogurt gets noticed (usually) and I don't have to pay for it.

I totally agree, greenfield. People talk about the slippery slope, but ALL of morality is a slippery slope. Each of us needs to stake out a place on the slope where we can keep our footing - whether that entails a dietary restriction or not. With the inter-relatedness of each element of the earth, every action we take has consequences - intended and unintended. No one can achieve an impact-free life, so its a matter of reaching a point where we can deal with the results of our actions. Education is an important part of the equation - we can't judge whether we're comfortable with the consequences of our actions until we know what those consequences are. And that's why I really like this article. Informative and curious, without getting too judgemental.

Full disclosure: I've been an ovo-lacto vegetarian for almost 20 years. I never eat meat (though I still get the occassional unsatisfied craving for a liverwurst sandwich), and I try to avoid cheese made with animal rennet though I'm not rabid about it.