Successful Gulf Coast Initiatives to Increase Seafood Demand
The Gulf Coast states are working together to increase demand for their seafood through a group of innovative marketing, sustainability and traceability programs. After being battered by Hurricanes...
View Article10 Things I Didn’t Know About Aquaculture
Is aquaculture sustainable? Depends on what’s being raised, how and where it’s being produced, and whom you ask. With over 500 species being farmed all over the world, it’s difficult to generalize....
View ArticleVerlasso Salmon Continues to Impress
Two years ago, I wrote about Verlasso Salmon during the International Boston Seafood Show, as it was known then. I went back to talk to the Verlasso folks today and was impressed again by both the...
View ArticlePatrick McMurray Teaches Me about Oysters
I’m a relatively recent oyster lover. Growing up in a Kosher home in the Chicago area, oysters weren’t common fare. My first taste of a raw bivalve was a quahog someone slipped me when I worked as a...
View ArticleDoing Aquaculture Better
As a pescovegetarian, fish is a huge part of my diet. While I try to eat locally caught fresh fish whenever I can, I know that the oceans cannot sustainably produce enough seafood to supply the...
View ArticleWrap-up: Traceability is the New Black
As I wandered through the aisles of this year’s Seafood Expo North America, I was surprised but encouraged to see the word “traceable” displayed alongside the word “sustainable” on many booths. The...
View ArticleNot Whooping for Wegmans Yet
East coast supermarket chain Wegmans opened its first Boston-area store this morning in Chestnut Hill, Mass., to the ecstatic delight of many shoppers. While I’m intrigued by what they offer, I’m not...
View ArticleNew Crop of Food Entrepreneurs Are Hungry For Funds
Slow Money Boston showcased another exciting crop of food-related entrepreneurs in Cambridge on April 29, 2014. As always, the entrepreneurs seeking funds were an eclectic bunch, including two...
View ArticleHelp Families in Need to Dine Out with Dignity
As someone who loves growing, cooking, eating, and sharing healthy local food, I’m always looking for ways to pass along my latest and greatest find. So I was excited to meet Dan Napierski at the...
View ArticleHot Day in September for Boston Local Food
September 27, 2014 may go down in history–literally–as a hot day for Boston local food. The thermometer hit 80 degrees as a blazing September sun shone on the second annual Boston Fermentation Festival...
View ArticleCelebrating Food Day Two Ways
If you share my belief that everyone should have access to healthy, tasty, safe, affordable food, then every day is “food day,” but I still look forward to the national observation of Food Day on and...
View ArticleWhole Foods Goes Big in Boston
Boston has a new 50,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market in the South End that incorporates pieces of Boston history, yet looks nothing like Boston. The new Whole Foods is located in the new Ink...
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