Sorry for the late post today but it would seem writers block set in this morning and I drew a total blank. (happens more times then I care to remember) I happened to look at Facebook and saw that several of the family members were commenting on the horrors of eating Tilapia. OK well we see it in the grocery stores right? Sure we do back in the frozen fish area. Now, can grocery stores sell something that is supposedly so bad for you? The fact remains that fish are not bad for you it is the environment and way that they are raised. You can look on the net and find horror story after horror story on the reasons we should not eat Tilapia. So you may ask, “What does Tilapia have to do with sustainable agriculture?” Glad you ask. We have several companies here in the United States that are raising Tilapia in a controlled clean healthy environment. The thing is that there is not enough of these facilities to meet the demand on Tilapia. The public is unaware of the dangers or effects from eating Tilapia from across the waters. You may like to check out the Tilapia Alliance page.
We have people that are looking for a good healthy meal. They see some pretty looking white fish in the cooler and figure, fish is a good food and healthy. Fish is a low fat, high protein food that has a range of health benefits. We may have to re-examine the validity of this statement as is expressed in this article from DrAxe.com. Unaware of the complicated issues in the package of fish they are purchasing. We see demand and imports increasing when we should be seeing more Tilapia Farms start up in the U.S.
To meet the demands of food in the United States in the years to come we are going to have to start bringing back the growing of our own food here in the states.