Some days people sit at tables with their colleagues. At other times they sit with their miscellaneous friends, and at other times with their biological family members, but there are no static plan of setting arrangements. If someone wants to eat alone for whatever reason, then they can order a take out meal to be eaten in their personal space. In one corner of the cafeteria, there is a stage where food rituals and love poetry are enacted. On the stage is a beautiful altar where people place objects that have become sacred to them.
Ritual artists oversee the altar.
A special exhibit on the history of animal rights is now on display. A resident artist encouraged community members to make a piece of artwork about the slaughter houses in the last 20th Century. As you can imagine, it was a very moving exhibit about humanity's past cruelty and exploitation of animals. If something which generates serious controversy or dissent is raised during meal time meditation or on the electronic listservs, then those issues are taken up in the Gaia Forum in the room of the Great Community Council located in the Global Unit section of the biosphere. The Global Unit is the core part of the Biosphere.