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How to Feed Global Demand for Seafood—Without Harming the Ocean
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 431" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://singularityhub.com/2018/09/16/how-to-feed-global-demand-for-seafood-without-harming-the-ocean/" target="_blank"><strong>How to Feed Global Demand for Seafood—Without Harming the Ocean - Singularity Hub</strong></a></p><p></p><p>“You really can’t justify tuna in Chicago as a source of sustenance.” That’s according to <a href="https://su.org/about/faculty/sylvia-earle/" target="_blank">Dr. Sylvia Earle</a>, a National Geographic Society Explorer who was the first female chief scientist at NOAA. She came to the <a href="https://www.gfi.org/" target="_blank">Good Food Institute’s</a> <a href="https://goodfoodconference.com/" target="_blank">Good Food Conference</a> to deliver a call to action around global food security, agriculture, environmental protection, and the future of consumer choice.</p><p></p><p>It seems like all options should be on the table to feed an exploding population threatened by climate change. But Dr. Earle, who is faculty at Singularity University, drew a sharp distinction between seafood for <em>sustenance</em> versus seafood as a <em>choice</em>. “There is this widespread claim that we must take large numbers of wildlife from the sea in order to have food security.”</p><p></p><p>A few minutes later, Dr. Earle directly addressed those of us in the audience. “We know the value of a dead fish,” she said. That’s market price. “But what is the value of a live fish in the ocean?”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 431, member: 1"] [URL='https://singularityhub.com/2018/09/16/how-to-feed-global-demand-for-seafood-without-harming-the-ocean/'][B]How to Feed Global Demand for Seafood—Without Harming the Ocean - Singularity Hub[/B][/URL] “You really can’t justify tuna in Chicago as a source of sustenance.” That’s according to [URL='https://su.org/about/faculty/sylvia-earle/']Dr. Sylvia Earle[/URL], a National Geographic Society Explorer who was the first female chief scientist at NOAA. She came to the [URL='https://www.gfi.org/']Good Food Institute’s[/URL] [URL='https://goodfoodconference.com/']Good Food Conference[/URL] to deliver a call to action around global food security, agriculture, environmental protection, and the future of consumer choice. It seems like all options should be on the table to feed an exploding population threatened by climate change. But Dr. Earle, who is faculty at Singularity University, drew a sharp distinction between seafood for [I]sustenance[/I] versus seafood as a [I]choice[/I]. “There is this widespread claim that we must take large numbers of wildlife from the sea in order to have food security.” A few minutes later, Dr. Earle directly addressed those of us in the audience. “We know the value of a dead fish,” she said. That’s market price. “But what is the value of a live fish in the ocean?” [/QUOTE]
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