"farm-raised" news and stories

Photo: Kona Blue Water Farm

Farm-raised seafood gets a bad-rap, often for good reason. There are problems associated with pesticide and antibiotic use, escapement of non-native species, over-harvesting of wild juveniles used to enhance a fish farm's stock or the pilfering of small wild fish which are ground-up to make feed pellets.

By the end of this year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations predicts that human consumption of farm-raised seafood will surpass that of wild-caught for the first time in human history. That may not come as a complete shocker if you've noticed the number of farm-raised offerings on restaurant menus and at your local fish counter.

But here's a nugget of good news. You don't need to lump all farm-raised seafood into the dreaded "avoid" category. Experts say there are several you should actually be seeking out. To help, we've picked five good choices to get you started. ...

Nika, of Nika's Culinaria, was at the international Boston Seafood Show last month and managed to grab a few shots of the enormous variety of fishy displays that were on display there, including one of the weirdest cars I've ever seen: a catfish car. The car is either the mascot for or an ad for American Pride Seafood's farm-raised catfish. The company has a strong dedication to raising high-quality catfish, but to want to drive it around? There's just a little something fishy about that. Check out the full post for more photos of the car, including a few shots of its tail and fins.

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