Hi Everyone,
My name is Doug Bradley, and I am the seafood buyer for the store. I want to try and settle some of the myths and rumors about the farm raised fish industry.
First of all, we buy almost everything that we eat from farms, so why not fish? As most people are aware, we consume considerably more fish each year than can be caught in the wild, and that number grows annually. Fish is good food, and good for you. Omegas much? Salmon is by far the most popular seafood at the Shelburne Supermarket. As the demand for fish grows, we will see more and more farm raised fish on the market. It is consistent, well managed, and our future.
Many people think that the farms are dirty and the water impure, therefore making the fish unhealthy to consume. Not really true! Especially for the farm raised fish of the US, Canada, Austraila, and the British Isles. We even often have certified organic Salmon from the Shetland Region of Scotland. If more people were willing to eat farmed fish on a regular basis, our seafood population, especially Salmon, would be in much better shape. The West Coast Salmon season has been cancelled for the 2008 and the 2009 seasons, so the wild salmon that we are getting is all from Alaska. It is high quality, but expensive. If that is all that’s available, it won’t be long befor that is overfished and rare as well. I think that we have no choice but to embrace the farm raised seafood industry. We currently offer excellent shrimp from Mexico, the Salmon that I mentioned earlier, Talapia from Vietnam, Barramundi from Massachusetts and Australia, among Others. Stop in at the store and check out our farm raised seafood. We’ll be happy to discuss with you the different choices available. Thanks, and we’ll see ya’ at the fish counter!
Doug
I wanted to get the word out that we are now carrying Cherrypharm brand cherry juice. This product is all-natural and is comprised of 100% juice. Cherrypharm has recently been making a good amount of news, garnering praise for its nutritional content. I guess cherries are pretty good for you. They are full of anthocyanins, flavanols, phenolic acids, terpenes, and of course vitamins & minerals. What are all those things? I’m not sure. I got a C in chemistry. But apparently they do everything from improving blood flow, heart/brain health, and physiological functions, to promoting more efficient metabolic processes. So, if you are a fan of these things, you really owe it to yourself to try Cherrypharm.