Post Sushi
We may well be the last generation to eat wild sushi. A report from the UN Environmental Programme released in May 2010 states that 30 percent of fish stocks have “collapsed,” and it warns that unless we alter our fishing practices, in 40 years we’ll be effectively out of edible fish. Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food, writes that globally we catch and consume 170 billion pounds of wild fish per year, an amount “equivalent in weight to the entire human population of China.” Greenberg points out that we would need four or five oceans to meet the appetites of the world’s seven billion humans.
If a human controlled demolition of wild fish stocks seems shocking, it would seem even more so to previous generations. Wild fish, to quote Greenberg, seemed “a crop, harvested from the sea, that magically grew itself back every year. A crop that never required planting.” For our ancestors, the very idea of us humans fishing the ocean to the point of collapse would seem preposterous. The oceans took months, even years, to sail across. The oceans were the very definition of vastness. But when a single bluefin tuna can fetch over $10,000, market forces become a deadly current that our oceans’ most delectable creatures must struggle against. Can we reverse that current somehow? Or is it too late now?
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Anonymous
Okay this is whats what. The reason why meat has been pushed down our throats is because we are over farmed and over populated with cows,chicken and pork. If you think about it ol' Mcdonald has to many farms if you ask me. We have lobbyists that push it to our politicians, then they push on use' like some street corner drug dealer wanting us to buy cow meat for a low price. Then they (the lobbyists) tell the politicians to demonize vegetables on television, from our kids saturday morning cartoons, to our prime time commercials. I believe that meat has been force fed to us by the lobbyists, to the politicians right into our own homes. This topic is like religion, the meat eaters will be against the veggie eaters, and the veggie eaters will have something to say against the meat eater, can we all just get along. I say, eat meat sparingly and finish your greens. "Eat food not to much, mostly vegetables" Michael Pollan "In defense of Food"
Anonymous
Okay this is whats what. The reason why meat has been pushed down our throats is because we are over farmed and over populated with cows,chicken and pork. If you think about it ol' Mcdonald has to many farms if you ask me. We have lobbyists that push it to our politicians, then they push on use' like some street corner drug dealer wanting us to buy cow meat for a low price. Then they (the lobbyists) tell the politicians to demonize vegetables on television, from our kids saturday morning cartoons, to our prime time commercials. I believe that meat has been force fed to us by the lobbyists, to the politicians right into our own homes. This topic is like religion, the meat eaters will be against the veggie eaters, and the veggie eaters will have something to say against the meat eater, can we all just get along. I say, eat meat sparingly and finish your greens. "Eat food not to much, mostly vegetables" Michael Pollan "In defense of Food"
istanbul lounge 2
Great post, this is always a subject that requires more attention to understand, and sometimes we stay all
istanbul lounge 2 confused by all this complicated thing, but you´ve this a little easy to understand, thanks
istanbul lounge 2
Great post, this is always a subject that requires more attention to understand, and sometimes we stay all
istanbul lounge 2 confused by all this complicated thing, but you´ve this a little easy to understand, thanks
Anonymous
I don't know, I think we can help the earth more by supporting small local farmers in our region and we can help our own health more by eating a varied and balanced diet that includes animal products. After spending the last 11 or so years either pregnant or breastfeeding while trying to eat a near vegetarian diet I've realized that my body is starving for the nutrients contained in animal products and I eat them with thanksgiving.
Anonymous
I don't know, I think we can help the earth more by supporting small local farmers in our region and we can help our own health more by eating a varied and balanced diet that includes animal products. After spending the last 11 or so years either pregnant or breastfeeding while trying to eat a near vegetarian diet I've realized that my body is starving for the nutrients contained in animal products and I eat them with thanksgiving.
Antitot
No, we cannot. And will not until its gone. Which wil be too late.
Not eating fish, eh? Tell that to the japanese. It's like telling americans not to eat junk anymore. Simply impossible. No matter how much you and me want it, changing an enitre popullation's eating habits completely is difficult,on the one hand, and unhealthy on the other. A more simple way would be to tell americans not to eat fish and the japanese not to eat junk. That way we save both the fish and the junk. Kidding. Globalisation of the food industry is to blame for the situation we are in now and needs to be stopped. People should stick to eating what they have in the local area. Nothing more.
Antitot
No, we cannot. And will not until its gone. Which wil be too late.
Not eating fish, eh? Tell that to the japanese. It's like telling americans not to eat junk anymore. Simply impossible. No matter how much you and me want it, changing an enitre popullation's eating habits completely is difficult,on the one hand, and unhealthy on the other. A more simple way would be to tell americans not to eat fish and the japanese not to eat junk. That way we save both the fish and the junk. Kidding. Globalisation of the food industry is to blame for the situation we are in now and needs to be stopped. People should stick to eating what they have in the local area. Nothing more.
Antitot
No, we cannot. And will not until its gone. Which wil be too late.
Not eating fish, eh? Tell that to the japanese. It's like telling americans not to eat junk anymore. Simply impossible. No matter how much you and me want it, changing an enitre popullation's eating habits completely is difficult,on the one hand, and unhealthy on the other. A more simple way would be to tell americans not to eat fish and the japanese not to eat junk. That way we save both the fish and the junk. Kidding. Globalisation of the food industry is to blame for the situation we are in now and needs to be stopped. People should stick to eating what they have in the local area. Nothing more.
Antitot
No, we cannot. And will not until its gone. Which wil be too late.
Not eating fish, eh? Tell that to the japanese. It's like telling americans not to eat junk anymore. Simply impossible. No matter how much you and me want it, changing an enitre popullation's eating habits completely is difficult,on the one hand, and unhealthy on the other. A more simple way would be to tell americans not to eat fish and the japanese not to eat junk. That way we save both the fish and the junk. Kidding. Globalisation of the food industry is to blame for the situation we are in now and needs to be stopped. People should stick to eating what they have in the local area. Nothing more.
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