I haven't eaten at either McD or BK in a lot of years -- can't remember the last time -- and won't, except in dire emergency. Out here in the I-5 corridor, between Albany OR and Centralia WA is a small (39 stores) local chain of fast food joints called Burgerville. They're heavily involved in local produce and sustainable agriculture. They use only Food Alliance Certified sustainably raised beef from Oregon Country Beef (no hormones, antibiotics, genetically modified grain or any animal by-products), Tillamook cheeses, locally grown fresh berries in their milkshakes, Walla Walla sweet onion rings in season. . . All of this may be well and good in a political sense, but the truth is that the pepper-bacon cheeseburger is a pretty decent fast food burger. Not something I'm supposed to be eating much of anymore, but every now and then. . .

michael

PS -- I hear they're looking to open in Seattle.