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Canned tuna, while tasty and convenient, is also a source of high levels of mercury, and the FDA could be doing more to warn consumers about it.
By now, most of us are aware of the potential risk of mercury in our seafood and how it can be detrimental to our health. We’re familiar with the various warnings, in particular, for women of childbearing age, pregnant/nursing women, and children. It might be surprising however, that canned tuna — a food item many of us include in our diets because it’s considered nutritious, tasty and inexpensive — might also contain high levels of mercury.
Life is Like Imported Catfish: You Never Know What You’re Gonna Get
U.S. catfish farmers have been doing something almost unprecedented in the annals of the food industry — they have been asking for more regulation. In case you’re unsure of how serious they are, the Catfish Farmers of America launched a nationally televised ad campaign that asks President Obama to implement a new USDA program to inspect all catfish sold in the U.S.
Cabbage Hill Farm’s Recirculating Aquaculture System
The Cabbage Hill Farm Foundation is dedicated to the preservation of historic farm animals, aquaponics and the practice of sustainable agriculture techniques.
Alliance for Sustainable Aquaculture (ASA) is a collaborative group of researchers, business owners, non-profit organizations and interested members of the public working to further Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) in the United States through research, education, legislative work and advocacy. We believe that RAS, closed-looped and biosecure aquaculture operations, are the best option to meet our countrys need for a clean, green, sustainable, healthy seafood source to supplement our wild fisheries.
Alliance for Sustainable Aquaculture (ASA) is a collaborative group of researchers, business owners, non-profit organizations and interested members of the public working to further Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) in the United States through research, education, legislative work and advocacy. We believe that RAS, closed-looped and biosecure aquaculture operations, are the best option to meet our countrys need for a clean, green, sustainable, healthy seafood source to supplement our wild fisheries.
As corporations try to buy up the ocean and its precious contents, giant fishing trawlers that scrape the seas for fish are creating "an earthquake" amongst fishermen and fisher communities. Hear one fisherman tell the tale of what’s happening to his American way of life.
Food & Water Watch is conducting a recipe contest to coincide with the release of our smart seafood guide! In this video, Food & Water Watch staff get ready for the contest by preparing one of our own recipes.
Enter for a chance to be published and win $250!
Contest details and rules can be found online at http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/recipecontest
Crab fishermen in Kodiak, Alaska talk about the suffering the community and families are going to endure because the fishing waters are being basically privatized.
