those knives are awesome! they actually look like the kind the neanderthals used--- they were apparently more efficient than the human's version at the time.

would be fun to give it a try, they look like they would be good for herbs.

I love the knifes too! Ceramic though? Doesn't sound very durable. Wouldn't they break easily when dropped? I'd be gutted if I smashed my cool neolithic knife.

Thank you for the Trader Joe's link! I find that store very disappointing when it comes to excessive packaging and limited information about food origin. It's refreshing to see at least one of these issues addressed.

The knives: you know, I really like to have a part on my knife to hold that's not, you know, all /knifey/. Maybe the cavemen had some really effective callouses...

"Traitor Joe's": I'd probably feel more outraged if that site had a single substantiated statement on it. But it doesn't. Lots of accusations, lots of insinuations, but no substance and no proof unless you count a link to a Greenpeace site that cites TJ's for not living up to their labeling standards. I don't really have a dog in this fight as the nearest TJ's is several hundred miles away, but you've got to have more than just a catchy name to have a meaningful argument.

Thank you for the post about Trader Joe's. I remember a while back The Kitchn posted a blurb about sustainable seafood that included a link to the Blue Ocean Institute. They have a very useful guide for consumers on what seafood is safe and sustainable.

It's really up to us to stop buying red-list seafood.

Some of the info on that site about Trader Joe's is false (like, they stopped selling chilean sea bass 4 years ago). TJs does a lot of things right in the environment department, and plenty wrong. Vote with your wallets!