But wait. If everyone opted to give up meat there would be significant costs, too.

In addition to the pursuit of health and respect for animals, people who choose to be vegetarians also say they have no confidence in the safety of meat.

One solution might have been to pound food, especially meat - like the steak I brought.

Meat is bringing a high price this week.

After all, if all of us ate half as much meat, it would be like half of us were vegetarians.