Grocery shopping has gotten quite involved lately. I, like many of us, am more carefully considering what I'm tossing into my cart. And not just looking at the calories, fat, carbs or sugars. I want to know where my food comes from.
Last week I was about to select my regular filet of farm raised salmon when I stopped to read the label.
Farm Raised Salmon. Color Infused. Wait a minute, why is my salmon color infused. The butcher informed me that because it's farm raised, it isn't naturally the salmon color we think of. Therefore to keep consumers buying, the fish farmers add coloring to the salmon feed to turn their flesh that nice pinky salmon color we consumers have grown to know and demand. He also informed me that the wild salmon naturally is a bright pink, sometimes red, color and is also better for you than farm raised.
It turns out there is a whole salmon debate taking place. Farm raised salmon has been, (from what I've read,) widely criticized but is hugely popular as the delicious and cheaper alternative to the natural, organic wild salmon. Not only is wild salmon better for us, it's insanely better for the environment. Salmon farms, referred to as
aquaculture, are wreaking havoc on our oceans ecosystem. Here are some good resources, check 'em out. Moral of the story, think before you eat.
Salmon News on NYT
Salmon of the America's
Leftover Salmon Band
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