I assume everyone who reads this knows about Civil Eats http://civileats.com/, but just in case, here's a story from my local paper about this local effort with nationwide (global?) influence.

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/lifestyle/4051122-181/petaluma-area-woman-drives-debate-over

If I'm remembering correctly, when Civil Eats first appeared it said something about ethics. Perhaps ethics has become an unfashionable word? So now we have "critical thought" as a substitute, just like we have "social equity" instead of economic justice. Hmmm.