The bearer of a fish-lover's bad news...
There at your grocer you'll find America's favorite freshwater fish. Just in case you didn't know, it's salmon.
Today's New York Times article written by Marian Burros estimates that 80% of America's favorite freshwater fish are raised on farms and "the Department of Agriculture says farmed salmon contains almost twice the total fat, more than twice the saturated fat and fewer beneficial omega-3 fatty acids than wild salmon."
Enviromentalist warn of pollution concerns with the farm rasied salmon variety. Read The Times article here.
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