Fletcher Christian @ 80:

“The point is that chicken feed very often contains some very dubious material derived from various animals – notably chickens (the unusable bits of them, that is.)”

Back in college I made a trip to Wales and had the bad fortune of tasting chicken that had been fed fish (the “unusable bits”, I’m guessing). I’ll never forget that.

I’ve never been to Whole Foods, but I have been to Trader Jack’s and to a “co-op” grocery several times. Whiskey’s “competition for status” – themed comments immediately spring to mind when I think back on those visits, though I also felt like I was visiting “churches” of some sort. I can’t begrudge folks for liking certain types of foods or trying to eat healthy things, but the atmosphere in boutique grocery stores is a little too uptight for my taste, especially when compared to other places where folks have an exceptionally keen interest in what’s being sold: auto parts stores, home improvement stores, gun shops, etc.

It looks like the Whole Foods CEO is looking out for his company and its employees. I think I’ll make my first visit to one of his stores this weekend.