In this video, chef Dan Barber talks about "How I Fell in Love With a Fish" after he visits an uber-sustainable fish farm in southern Spain. The condition of fisheries world wide is scary and traditional fish farms are not without their environmental problems (concentrated area of waste, the fish feed formulas). In Earth Sustainability a fisheries professor told us that the only fish he would recommend eating is the wild Alaskan Salmon. But if it has to travel all the way from Alaska, is that really sustainable? This farm in Spain is a closed circuit fish farm, similar to that of Joel Salatin's Polyface farm in Virginia. The fish feed on the algae, and birds eat the fish, there is no fish feed.
Here are some choice quotes from the video:
"Have you ever heard of a farm that doesn't feed its animals?"
"We farm extensively, not intensively"
"20% of our fish and fish eggs are lost to birds"
"This is a fish farm as well as a bird sanctuary"
"This is a recipe for the future of good food"
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