Reading about the Great Pacific Garbage patch one day, I discovered that there was a study being done about the human-created plastics in the ocean ending up in the fish we eat. These “microplastics” that are being found in these fish come back to ultimately harm us, and I found it mystifying that humans can spend up to thousands of dollars for a single pound of exquisite fish, yet treat the environment which these fish come from like garbage. Thus, we can set up a table however formally we want, but unless we work to improve the environment our food comes from, we might as well be eating from a sandal out of the garbage.