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    Good Food

    The Codfather

    We kick off this week’s watery show with the tale of The Codfather. Reporter Ben Goldfarb covered the rise and fall of Carlos Rafael for the Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) and Mother Jones magazine.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jun 30, 2017 • 1 min read

    We kick off this week’s watery show with the tale of The Codfather. Reporter Ben Goldfarb covered the rise and fall of Carlos Rafael for the Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) and Mother Jones magazine. His piece is a fascinating look at how a Portuguese fisherman amassed a flotilla of 40 boats, while managing to skirt commercial fishing regulations for years. Learn how his arrest upended New England’s fishing industry.

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    1 of 6
    What lies beneath the ocean waves
    1. 0:00The CodfatherYou’re reading this
    2. 10:08'The Fish Market'
    3. 18:45The Market Report: Branzino with Momotaro tomatoes
    4. 26:51'The Essential Oyster'
    5. 37:40A primer on restorative 3-D ocean farming
    6. 49:41A mission to grow mussels in the Pacific Ocean
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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      Camellia Tse

      Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    1 of 6
    What lies beneath the ocean waves
    1. 0:00The CodfatherYou’re reading this
    2. 10:08'The Fish Market'
    3. 18:45The Market Report: Branzino with Momotaro tomatoes
    4. 26:51'The Essential Oyster'
    5. 37:40A primer on restorative 3-D ocean farming
    6. 49:41A mission to grow mussels in the Pacific Ocean
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