Pulitzer Prize Winners: AP Gets Public Service Prize For Story About Slave Labor In Fishing Industry : The Two-Way : NPR
Another concern to add to the list for seafood.
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DietID_TeamDietitians 8yr All the more reason why we need more labor transparency in our food system. One solution is to purchase from local fisherman. Or get some Barramundi from @inahalfshell's new company. Or try a CSF - community-supported fishery -
mirasingh 8yr I wish there were more ways to know if my seafood was fished my slave labor ☹ seems like if you are at a restaurant or market that doesn't say anything about the fish, we should assume the worst? -
Ricky 8yr @Mirasingh My fear is that even if something reassuring is said, it's probably not a sure thing. It's always kind of alarming when they do blind tests and find out that a significant fraction of fish isn't even the type of fish it claims to be (see: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/us/survey-finds-that-fish-are-often-not-what-label-says.html ). 😞 -
mirasingh 8yr Oh man. I know this organization is working on fish fraud http://oceana.org/our-campaigns/seafood_fraud/campaign but it seems crazy that this isn't somehow regulated
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Ricky 8yr Thanks for the link, @mirasingh! Action is good!
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mirasingh 8yr Yep! I've read that the TPP will make it harder to monitor slave conditions in fisheries in South Asia. The TPP confuses me, but if what I heard is true, that is quite unfortunate
Hens Live
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I can't currently see any hens, and I don't think it works on a phone, but caveats aside, here's a live feed (pun?) of JS West chickens...
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DietID_TeamDietitians What really!???
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Ricky Nice idea, but still no video…
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DietID_TeamDietitians Yea I looked again!!
Jayson Lusk on Food, Technology, and Unnaturally Delicious | EconTalk
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An interesting episode of one of my favorite podcasts. Includes an interesting discussion of what "cage-free" means and what a happy chicken may or may not be. Aside from agreeing or disagreeing wi...
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DietID_TeamDietitians @Udi and I were talking about this! You should also listen to his episode on the brian Lehrer show. I was listening while running and almost tripped several times because I was I infuriated!
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Ricky @Rachna haha yeah I know the feeling. He's a pretty strong libertarian but I respect the fact that he digs pretty deep into the analysis even if I don't agree with all of the conclusions.
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DietID_TeamDietitians Yep I actually talked to some DC food policy people about this book and none of them had heard of it. I think there is now rebuttal brewing!