JournalNow.com: Veggin' Out

Contrary to a popular stereotype, vegetarians are not all champions of self-denial, pathetically munching a sprout on the sidelines while watching the omnivores have all the culinary fun. Instead, the vegetarians we know love good food and know where to get it. They aren't about to settle for a bland meal, either at home or at a restaurant.

Comments

Thanks for your input, countess! If nothing else, Wal-Mart can bring organic products to people in smaller towns who don’t have a lot of shopping options—which is a good thing (and a good point).

10/14/2006 10:43 PM

Cassandra

After living in Hollywood for 25 years and never having needed to step into a Wal-Mart, I find myself at Mt. Airy’s Wal-mart at least once a week. In this town, it’s a necessity.

If Wal-Mart wants to go organic, I say, “good for the little people”. This country has outsourced just about everything, so to try and separate and define what is and isn’t made in America is, at best, an impossible dream.

To me, after 35 years of vegetarianism and 3 of veganism, I look at it as mainstream progress. Whenever an individual is getting less pesticides into his/her system, we are looking at a brighter future, no matter whether it’s Wal-Mart or your local independent organic farmer providing that future.

10/13/2006 9:06 PM

Countess