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Episode 172: More Lobster with Robin Alden & Chad Dorr

Episode 172: More Lobster with Robin Alden & Chad Dorr

FromThe Farm Report


Episode 172: More Lobster with Robin Alden & Chad Dorr

FromThe Farm Report

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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Jun 13, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Were continuing our exploration into the Maine lobster industry on this weeks edition of The Farm Report. Erin Fairbanks chats with Robin Alden, the Executive Director of Penobscot East Resource Center, about the importance of diversity in the fishing business. Find out how climate change is affecting the oceans and the Maine lobstering business. Learn more about hatcheries, and why Maine fisheries are committed to sustainability. Later, Erin calls Chad Dorr of Dorr Lobster to talk about his familys history in lobstering. Find out why different purveyors choose to work with certain fisherman, and how lobster prices fluctuate. This program has been sponsored by Whole Foods. Thanks to Idgy Dean for todays music. The thing that harvesting a wild food is that you can try to be sustainable in your own practices, but you are at the mercy of what the ecosystem provides. [4:15] -- Robin Alden on The Farm Report
Released:
Jun 13, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Farm Report is a show about the people, processes, and policies that shape how food is produced today. From the latest agricultural innovations to the day-to-day challenges of running a viable business growing vegetables and grazing cattle, host Lisa Elaine Held engages in conversations with farmers and farmworkers and the people who work alongside them—like chefs, researchers, activists, and investors. Expect from-the-field insights paired with real-world context as guests explore how producing fresh, delicious food relates to environmental and community sustainability, equality and justice, politics and policy, and better health.