I have a "modest proposal". I assume the most environmentally friendly thing we could eat is people. We are always told how much "Man" is destroying the planet, so perhaps the only way to fix this eco-apocalypse we are in is to turn to cannibalism.

I'm not sure, however, if we should eat free range people or farm raised people. This is probably of no concern to me, considering how well marbled I am, I doubt I am the one who will be doing the eating.

I think Robert (the single one) is onto something with the free-range gummi worms. They make gummi fish, too. But our dentists might not be so thrilled by this.

Yum, tastes like chicken.

This is the kind of critical thinking (both suggestions) we need.

I'm wondering if a nice fillet of human is better with white or brown rice?

As long as we're sure the people are 100% organic and free-range I'm game.

Soylent Green is people!

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the classic "To Serve Man" (gasp--it's a cookbook!)

Back to the question of farm-raised fish, I will need to do more digging, but remember last summer's reports of melamine in petfood and other comestibles? There were also some reports that food given to animals (and fish?) raised for production may have been contaminated by melamine or other yucky stuff. And consider that farm-raised fish is gray until they add that nice orange coloring. Wouldn't you rather pay extra for wild-caught fish that doesn't need make-up?

I don't mind the cost, it's the dragnet fishing that devastates the ocean that bothers me. Again, I don't mind cruelty, I just want to be able to perpetuate that cruelty on future generations as well.

Matt, under this bold new plan, you're right, you are game. And yes Darlene, I thought of To Serve Man, I just could find my copy.

I toured a Tilapia farm (not organic) several years ago and the water definitely appeared to be a bit funky. However, organically farm-raised seafood is definitely out there if you look for it. They use organic feed and have super hi-tech filters to minimize excess nutrients in the water. I know that organic salmon farms are popping up and just read about an eco-friendly shrimp farm on the Eastern Shore.

The problem with farm raised fish is that it doesn't taste like the wild variety. Back when there was the fishing ban on Rock, fishmongers offered a farm raised version. Not that it was inedible, it just didn't taste like Rock.

I heard somewhere that the taste problem is tied to the diet. Seems fish are what they eat, too. The farm diet does not have the same components as the wild diet (though the nutritional value may be similar) and so the difference in taste.

I would imagine an organic fish farm operation exacerbates the taste differential further. I suspect that organic feed does not include animal byproducts, which certainly are a part of fish diets in the wild.

I guess if fish farming becomes a major source of food, Avon and Mary Kay will have a huge new market.

Yes, Matt is absolutely right--we have to worry about the health of our oceans as well. No easy answers here for carnivores.

I want to throw in a plug for an amazing book by Temple Grandin, who is a very high-functioning autistic person. She can see things from the point of view of animals, and she has had a successful
career designing cruelty-free slaughterhouses. (Yes, I know, the cows still end up dead, but they never see it coming.) The book is called "Animals in Translation."

Top-10 list of places to eat Chilean Sea Bass!

Or better yet, the Top-10 places to get a nice hot bowl of Cream of Spotted Owl Soup. Mmm, mmm, good!