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"Where does your seafood come from?" It's a question more restaurant customers are asking. More chefs are able to answer, in part because of the efforts of people like Rhode Island fisherman Steve Arnold.
Arnold and partner Chris Brown formed Wild Rhody, which sells "responsibly harvested" seafood directly to chefs, cutting out the middleman and providing the freshest product. They are part of Trace and Trust, a program that follows fish from the water to the table. Fishermen document their catch, and customers can use ID numbers to trace it back to the source. Read the complete story from The Boston Globe.
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HASTINGS: Time to improve the Endangered Species Act
May 18, 2012 - When the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law in 1973 by President Nixon, he spoke about the importance of preserving “the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.” I believe that goal is as important today as it was back then. However, after nearly 40 years, it’s time to take a fresh, honest look at the law and consider whether there are ways it could be improved to do a better job of protecting and recovering species.
