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Politics of the Plate: Obama’s Fish Faux Pas
Thanks to the current administration’s inaction, the Gulf of Mexico will soon become home to unsustainable fish farms.
09.09.09
- Keywords
- politics of the plate,
- food policy,
- farms+fish,
- aguaculture,
- barry estabrook
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Politics of the Plate: What’s the Catch?
Finally, some good news about seafood.
08.05.09
- Keywords
- politics of the plate,
- aquaculture,
- seafood,
- sustainability,
- barry estabrook
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Politics of the Plate: Salmon on Drugs
A new report indicates rampant antibiotic use at Chilean fish farms, which supply most of the U.S.’s farmed salmon.
07.30.09
- Keywords
- politics of the plate,
- aquaculture,
- farms + fish,
- seafood,
- sustainability
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Politics of the Plate: When Organic Is Not Organic
USDA certified organic fish doesn’t exist—but you wouldn’t necessarily know it to read the labels at a seafood counter.
06.26.09
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Politics of the Plate: Seal of Disapproval
The European Parliament’s ban on Canadian seal products smacks of hypocrisy.
05.11.09
- Keywords
- food policy,
- legislation,
- ecology,
- aquaculture,
- barry estabrook
food + cooking
Mr. Leroy and the French Club
While researching a series of oral history interviews on the Biloxi seafood industry, Francis Lam met Mr. Leroy and the Fleur de Lis Society.
05.05.09
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- aquaculture,
- seafood,
- francis lam
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Politics of the Plate: Clam Up
American farmed clams are among the most sustainable seafood choices around, but production costs and lack of demand are driving some farmers out of business.
03.11.09
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- sustainability,
- seafood,
- aquaculture
food politics
Politics of the Plate: Killing the Fish That Lays the Golden Eggs
A new harvesting procedure keeps fish alive during caviar extraction—and it may help bring sturgeon back from the brink of extinction.
02.13.09
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Politics of the Plate: Too Good for Their Own Good?
The venerable Niman Ranch ran out of cash this week, making it the second major natural-foods company to do so in 2009.
01.22.09
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Politics of the Plate: Are You a Pig? Or are You a Mouse?
America’s factory farms could soon begin producing a new hog breed that will have to answer, “neither,” or perhaps more accurately, “both.”
12.02.08
- Keywords
- barry estabrook,
- politics of the plate,
- pork,
- health + science