Lindsey, Chaya, and I just got back from the brand new Whole Foods World Headquarters store in downtown Austin. I have to agree with a guy we heard talking on his cell phone as we passed by him: "It makes Central Market look like your local A&P."

The breadth of the items available there is amazing, and the customer service is just as great as it always has been at Whole Foods. I am completely amazed. A whole range of green building practices were utilized, all of the biodegradeable trash is being composted, other trash is being recycled—even the drain-off from the parking lot is being cleaned before it goes into the sewer system.

If you have a chance to check it out, do yourself a favor and do so. Here are some small pictures I took before the staff told me not to:

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