As soon as I began the reading in chapter six I immediately identified the Motavalli family as being similar to my own. While my dad is not a vegetarian, my family really tries to be aware and conscientious in our food choices for the sake of ourselves, the animals, and for the earth. As Mary Ann points out, it is more difficult to try and choose organic and locally produced products, for reasons such as cost, distance, and potential taste. Also, like Mary Ann, my family and I are “conscientious omnivores” in that we do eat meat, but only meat that is certified organic and that comes from “happy” animals. I am tired of hearing the arguments that people should not eat meat, because while yes it does take “eight pounds o grain to produce a pound of meat,” I stand by the argument that humans are naturally omnivores and should thus be able to eat the meat as long as it is organic and that the animals are treated humanely. I feel like we need to bring the focus off of trying to convert everyone to being vegetarian and rather focus our efforts onto making consumers more aware of their decisions and choices they are making while purchasing food. If more people knew what chemicals were going into their meats and that the animals that the meats are taken from were treated very poorly, I really do think that people would move to more nutritional and environmentally friendly products. Especially with the growing popularity of increasing dietary health and needs, I really do believe that we can turn this around, and force companies and producers to change/better their methods in order to reap benefits for everyone involved essentially. With locally grown foods there is a profit for smaller farms and companies and you actually end up using less fossil fuels and energy that would have gone into shipping the products to their farther off destination. I think the big thing is to find ways to do this that offer just as good tastes and costs for organic and environmentally friendly foods as the inhumane etc foods are offering. Once we can find a way to meet these needs and make them readily available to consumers I believe we will be able to seriously make a significantly positive difference. The world does not necessarily need more vegetarian’s, it needs more “conscientious omnivores.”