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54% of young Americans say food costs are the biggest strain on their finances (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (18 children)

Fresh fish too is such a killer. I’m sorry, but do not buy seafood if you live in the Midwestern United States, especially anything live or fresh. Frozen is slightly better, but even then think of what goes in to making that happen.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    All of the seafood in the Midwest has been frozen and thawed back out at the grocery store. Fresh fish in the Midwest and even near the coast is a lie. 85% of all us fish consumed is imported, and it was frozen before it ever got into US territory. Many fishing boats freeze them on ship, even. The only way you can chance upon "fresh" fish is if it's in season and near the coast you're buying in.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    Isn’t most of Iceland’s diet fish?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago* (12 children)

    Maybe, but Iceland is surrounded by ocean filled with fish and most people live on the coastline. That’s much more sustainable than buying live clams/ fresh fish from a chain grocery store in North Dakota

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    Just you said the Midwest. And whilst Iceland is surrounded by water, it’s competing on the global market.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    jesse-wtf

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Hang on where is the mid west? Presumably not the middle of the western world…

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    The Midwest they are referring to is a region of the land-locked interior of the united states. Generally refers to the states in the region comprising of: Nebraska to the West, Minnesota to the North, Ohio to the East, Missouri to the South, and those that lie between.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I see where you are coming from and that’s my bad, I’ll make the term more specific.

    I was using a colloquialism common to the United States which refers to a group of landlocked areas hundreds/thousands of miles away from the ocean

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    They had 3 wars against UK for fishing rights. Won all three too, since they threatened to quit NATO and USA immediately reprimended Brits.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    We’ve fucked ourselves over with fishing rights, there was no point.

    When we were doing Brexit, the pro Brexit politicians got the fishermen on their side. But they’d sold fishing rights to Europe.

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