The Dirty Secrets of Farmed Fish (And Some Good News Too)
Consumer demand for sustainable seafood is growing due to increased awareness of the environmental impact of our food choices.
Everyone's obsessed with eating local, organic, and generally being kinder to Mother Earth with their grocery choices. After all, we want those tasty meals on our plates for eons to come (fish on a desolate planet sounds about as fun as tofu surprise). But does “eco-friendly” always mean “healthy-for-me”?
Turns out, the answer gets fishy — literally. It's the classic standoff… farmed vs. wild salmon. Like feuding rockstars, they've got reputations. Farmed salmon is the villain for environmentalists; those open-net systems are basically underwater pollution parties, complete with escaped fish disrupting nearby ecosystems. It's a marine mosh pit with no good playlist.
