if you are a vegetarian

You must not know how the American and international farmers alike are being exploited and governed with seed control, pesticides, production regulations and all sorts of industrially favorable rules. I recommend reading "Animal, vegetable, miracle" for a little eye opening. Nothing that is profitable and consumable is safe anymore from human exploitation. The only solution I see is a compromise by reversion to self sustained communities and local food movement, such as the "Slow Food" movement of Italy.
And if you think "organic" is safe, think again. It's just another guideline and another business. It's not really natural and pure. I don't think any of the store bought food is. Even the soil is tainted and treated. And tainted. So there...We are so far away from sustenance, we are in the era of devourment conjoined with pretences to appear normal. Or, I could've said, we are in the era of over consumption and making a business out of everything else that can hide it. Eat this and eat that, get a value for your dollar and take supplements and get surgeries to hide away the greed. I wonder how many different versions of, say, ice cream there are in the US. Or bread. Or milk. Simple items that want to cater to some specific group. Then, there is a whole other industry of keeping people "healthy". WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN ANYMORE?
By the way, I meet more and more people who are vegetarians to some degree and are,sadly, obese. So there, again. What's the solution? I dunno... Simplicity and modesty?. Eating cantaloupe that was harvested in Chile by starving farmers who are on the verge of ruin as they try to comply with and stay within government guidelines is not it. Having to harvest produce prematurely that has to be packaged and transported (using fuel, yes) while competing with mechanized farms is not it.
But! Eating off the land of neighboring farms and having to miss Chilean cantaloupe off season is a sacrifice, something that is right next to modesty and sustenance. Dying.
I do miss simplicity.