NYT op-ed: “On average, fish stocks worldwide appear to be stable….”
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Apr 15, 2011 at 04:02PM
Bad news, fish.
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Ray Hilborn, professor of aquatic and fishery sciences at the University of Washington, did a little op-eding in today’s New York Times.
His op? Stop feeling so guilty about eating fish.
“Much of the earlier research pointed to declines in catches and concluded that therefore fish stocks must be in trouble,” writes Hilborn.
“But there is little correlation between how many fish are caught and how many actually exist; over the past decade, for example, fish catches in the United States have dropped because regulators have lowered the allowable catch. On average, fish stocks worldwide appear to be stable, and in the United States they are rebuilding, in many cases at a rapid rate.”
Read the whole thing here.
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Learn the ins and outs of raising your own chickens at The Cherry Hill Urban Farm on Saturday, March 6.
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Mar 05, 2010 at 09:35AM
I saw this on the CHS blog yesterday, thought it was pretty neat. The Cherry Hill Urban Farm (1127 15th Ave) on Capitol Hill is having a potluck slash BBQ slash chicken coop-building party on Saturday, March 6 from 9am to 9pm, with live music to boot.
But there will also be live chickens poking about, so maybe this isn’t the potluck for showing off your famous CHICKEN WINGS recipe. Or maybe it is, what do I know? I’ve never attended a potluck slash BBQ slash chicken coop-building party. I don’t really know the etiquette. But this sounds fun, and if you’ve ever considered raising your own chickens, here is your golden opportunity to pick the brains of the egg-eating, coop-building elite. Just know that if you bring DEVILED EGGS, the chickens will watch you with their beady little chicken eyes as you offer around your delicious snacks made from their unborn young. Or maybe they won’t. I don’t know!
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