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    Rethinking our love affair with shrimp

    The average American eats more shrimp per capita than tuna and salmon combined. Issues surrounding sustainability and slave labor practices can muddy our conscience about consuming our favorite seafood.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jan 24, 2020 • 1 min read

    The average American eats more shrimp per capita than tuna and salmon combined. Issues surrounding sustainability and slave labor practices can muddy our conscience about consuming our favorite seafood. Journalist and author Melissa Clark recently asked, “What are we supposed to think about shrimp?” in her piece for the New York Times.

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    The full episode

    2 of 6
    Seafood, citrus, and celebrating Lunar New Year
    1. 0:00Famed Australian chef on cooking ‘fin-to-fin’
    2. 13:06Rethinking our love affair with shrimpYou’re reading this
    3. 20:40Sea snails are staging their comeback
    4. 32:13Ringing in the Year of the Rat
    5. 39:47Putting citrus in the limelight
    6. 48:35Rewind back on a decade of L.A. dining
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