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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:14 PM Original message |
US Salmon Sent to China For Filleting |
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grannie4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. that sucks! |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Same has been proposed to USDA for chickens. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Outsourcing R Us |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. That blows! |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Makes me wonder if they get flavor enhanced? |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. I wonder the same thing. Plus, how about the transportation costs |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. this part |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. it's cheaper than slavery. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. now we can't even filet our own fish? |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Shit We Can't Even Grow Our Own Hair |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. We are eating human hair?! Ick! |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. i'd rather pay more for |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Same here. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. i don't know. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Low pay coupled with a consumer-driven culture led to this outcome. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Safe to Say the Savings Aren't Getting Passed Onto Consumers |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. I catch a LOT of salmon and crab.... |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. They never tell you the cost of transporting the product 8000 miles |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. Exactly how much money is spent on shipping the damn fish to China and then back again??? |
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aejlaw (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Cheap labor? |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. exactly why carbon taxes are needed |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Unfortunately, corporations calculate "marginal costs" like this---> |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. This is really terrible. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. The other night I saw a documentary about the Karuk people here in CA |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. Michael Pollan was talking about this last night on Bill Moyers' show. |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. Damn it. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Simple solution: buy local from local fishmongers who get whole fish and can filet them |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
25. "It's a dying industry in the U.S." Gee, I wonder why. k+r, n/t |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
29. Face card this industry! Fuckers! |
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