I loved Sally Fallon’s word for those who claim to *know it all* about proper politically correct foods: diet dictocrats. These are the same folks that say red meat is BAD, saturated fats are BAD, eggs are BAD, bread is BAD. So it was no surprise that my assumption about fish was: wild fish=good. Farmed fish=BAD. Then I met a solid Christian gentleman who, of all things, farmed fish. And he asked me point blank, “So….what do you think of farmed fish?” Listen in on our conversation and be ready to challenge your own assumptions in the process.
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Not every farmed fisherman practices with integrity and environmental consideration. But the same can be said for fishermen out in the wide blue open sea. Do your research, inquire about the company you’re buying from, and serve your food of choice with confidence, regardless of what the media diet dictocrats have to say about the matter.
I received an email asking if this farmer uses GMO's in his feed. This was my response, for your consideration:I did ask about gmo's in the feed. Unfortunately (and you may already know this) the only way to really avoid gmo's is to feed organically. For a farmer to feed organically would be cost prohibitive in most cases and ultimately even if they did make that switch, the cost of the fish to buy for the average family would be even more out of reach. What I think the issue boils down to is: it is better to eat a farmed fish that had eaten gmo feed than to never eat a fish at all. Understand that unlike a farmer who is ordering, testing, and monitoring everything his or her fish eats, a "wild" fish will eat anything and everything in whatever waters it is in and there is NO way to know what THAT fish ate. ALL of our food is either contaminated or in some sense not the way it ought to be; we just have to make the best choices we can until sin is wiped away from the earth.