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Wal-Mart has announced plans to purchase all of its wild-caught fresh and frozen fish for the North American market from Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified fisheries within the next three to five years. "We believe it's absolutely essential to take a leadership role in working with suppliers to ensure that the world's wild fish populations can grow and replenish themselves." said Peter Redmond, Wal-Mart VP of deli and seafood.
Related: From Charles Fishman's new book The Wal-Mart Effect, the story on how Wal-Mart sells farmed salmon at $4.84/lb. That is a price so low that it inspires not happiness but wariness. If you were so inclined, you couldn't mail a pound of salmon back to Chile for $4.84. It's a price so low, it doesn't seem to make sense if you think about it for even a moment. {originally published on Salon.com 01.23.06}

In July of 2006, it will mark five years that we started on this crazy journey of building the best independent food web site on the Internet. Five years, an obscene amount of financial investment, a lot of sweat, a lot of hair loss, a bit of communal psychotherapy...Time definitely does fly when you are...well, trying to change the world of food online.

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and what better way to spend the night than indulging in fondue-for-two by candlelight. All you will need to make your very own set is an old tin, some wire, and a tea light candle.

Bacteria on things in your fridge at home could land you at the doctor's office or the hospital. Last year, 76 million Americans got food-poisoning. 300,000 were hospitalized and 5,000 died. Here's the best guidelines for some of your popular foods: First, eggs - they can last about four to five weeks. Next, those leftovers you brought home from the restaurant or fixed earlier in the week - eat those within three days or throw them out...

You don't have to be a fisherman to catch lobsters anymore. At a neighborhood store in a Portland suburb - and at restaurants and bars in more than a dozen states - customers can plunk down $2 for a chance to catch their very own lobster using a mechanical claw in an arcade-style game.

It's more than just a little disturbing when Japan's prime minister says his country will not lower its beef safety standards to suit the needs of American producers. "Americans should understand that Japan's safety standard is strict," he said. Doesn't say much for our safety standards does it?

Posted by Bruce at February 7, 2006 06:59 PM