Advertisement
I already dig Wegmans for so many reasons — such as their great international food section (which helped Mary prove that fear is a factor for a certain WCOJ dj). And now, there’s yet another reason to respect them:
Wegman’s Food Markets has announced a first-of-its-kind purchasing policy for farmed shrimp that includes “comprehensive and rigorous environmental standards” that will up the ante for the seafood industry and other U.S. retailers, according to a press release.
Read the full article on Treehugger:
Wegmans Adopts New Standards for Buying Farmed Shrimp
4 Comments So Far
-
Jason, Why would anyone buy frozen farmed raised shrimp when you can buy fresh never frozen “Wild Shrimp” from Florida?????? Here at Gadaleto’s Seafood we receive shipments of fresh never frozen wild shrimp on Mondays and Thursdays come experience some delicious sweet tender wild shrimp.
-
Farm-raising shrimp might not be the best way, but at least it can be done ethically. I feel similarly about this to how I do about my coffee. I cringe at the flavor of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee now that I’ve had really good, freshly roasted and properly brewed beans (e.g. the locally roasted Twin Valley Coffee). But when I learned that Dunkin’ was first national brand to adopt fair-trade coffee, I was still impressed.
It takes guts and commitment for a big company to make decisions like that, especially since most of their customers probably don’t care where their food comes from. So I applaud Wegmans’ efforts at civic responsibility, even if the results still aren’t as tasty as yours.
-
Jason not pick on you but i feel fairly knowledge about this subject and i applaud them for there effort weather it will work is still up in the air. The things i worry about on there list of 12 commitments is that it was unclear what would be feed if wild fish arent being used as feed? How are we sure food that is being used than as feed instead is not gentically altered in anyway. When it is stated that all local and national laws will be followed I feel like Belize is not as strict as North America on it testing policies. Another thing that was not stated is what will happen with these farms once they are not used anymore. The life of a shrimp farm is not forever. This sounds like a very tough task that I look forward to following closely. Thank you for putting this out there though. I like you am always for the environment and doing what is right even if it is not the cheapest solution.
-
Those are some good critiques Andy. I hope that this is more than just “greenwashing” PR, and that Wegman’s follows through on their efforts.