The bottom line is, we have to eat — that’s one of the three basic needs (water, food, shelter). We try to eat as healthily as we can — which, for us, means lean, low, and/or reduced-fat foods. I would like to have only organic foods, but we just can’t afford it, as much as we’d prefer to do only that.

But most of us are limited by our finances, as well as by our local choices, not to mention our personal preferences, and hence the complexities with “ethical” eating. I’ll be curious to see how your week ends up, and what choices — and compromises — you had to make…as well as what lovely discoveries you made.