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Tag Archives: mercury in seafood
“Buy the Change” – Seafood Consumption Advice for 2015 from Maryn McKenna
Maryn McKenna of National Geographic’s “The Plate” served up her New Year’s resolutions in a 2 January blog post titled “Buy the Change You Want to See in the World.” Generally speaking, I agree whole-heartedly with McKenna that taking action on … Continue reading
Posted in Aquaculture, Chef's Collaborative, Human Health, Maine Fisheries, Massachusetts, Mercury, Northeast Fisheries, Overfishing, South America
Tagged aquaculture, Chef's Collaborative Trash Fish dinner, david taylor, dogfish, Greene Prairie Shrimp, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, healthy seafood, Maryn McKenna, mercury in seafood, National Geographic's The Plate, Out of the Blue, roger williams university, shrimp farming, Sky 8 Shrimp, sustainable seafood, trash fish, Tropical Aquaculture Products
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Local Food – Risks and Benefits
I eat local more often than not, especially since I moved to Maine. Maine is on the front lines of the local food movement, earning the number two slot on the 2014 Locavore Index behind Vermont. Being a so-called locavore is not without … Continue reading
Posted in Global Climate Change, Human Health, Maine Fisheries, Mercury, Northeast Fisheries, Overfishing
Tagged CFA, community supported agriculture, community supported fisheries, CSA, farm-to-school, fisheries, food safety, FTS, local food, locavore, mercury in seafood, National School Lunch
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Adventures in Dogfish – Chefs Who Love the Dog Part I
At the beginning of this month, I asked the question “Can Dogfish Actually Be Considered a Good Choice?” in a blog entry about some of the follow-up to my recent dogfish story in Discover Magazine. A few days ago, I … Continue reading
Environmental Group Says Lobster is “Poor Choice” for Pregnant Women
Later this summer, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) plans to raise concerns about mercury levels in lobster within the context of a draft update to federal consumer guidelines for seafood consumption. The draft update to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and … Continue reading
Is Ecolabeled Seafood Healthy Seafood?
I’ve been writing some about mercury in seafood recently, which, a few of my readers have suggested, seems a little out of my wheelhouse. After all, the founding idea behind The Good Catch Blog is to focus on how species, … Continue reading
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