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New global study: not all salmon are created equal

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  • Food production, in aggregate, is considered to be the single largest source of environmental degradation globally
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Catch of the freezer

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  • If the motivation is to truly make our diets more earth-friendly, then perhaps we need a new mantra: buy frozen
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Ecotrust launches site that links food buyers and farmers

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  • Ecotrust rolled out a long-awaited program that will hook up Oregon farmers, fishermen or food manufacturers with commercial buyers
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Capitalists outline investment options for ‘catch shares’

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  • Investment capital is almost certain to find role in conversion of fisheries from essentially common resources to privately managed fishermen’s cooperatives
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NOAA steps up push for catch shares

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  • Obama administration announced a full-speed-ahead commitment to converting the nation’s fisheries to the “catch share” economic and regulatory system
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Earth-friendly dining: eat frozen salmon

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  • If the motivation is to truly make our diets more Earth-friendly, then perhaps we need a new mantra: buy frozen
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Coming out of Copenhagen

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  • Friday marks the last day of two weeks of the international climate change meeting that’s now become known by the city in which it’s being held: Copenhagen.
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The best fish for the environment? frozen

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  • It’s actually better than fresh, he said, because it’s flash frozen as soon as it’s caught and then vacuum-sealed to preserve the flavor
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The “nature state” approach to reliable prosperity

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  • Reliable peace and prosperity will elude humankind unless we embrace a fundamental shift in our relations with each other and the natural world
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FoodHub links Northwest fresh food buyers with producers

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  • Portlanders love their food and their farmers, and Ann Wright sees it as more than a passing crush
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Online ‘Food Hub’ connects farmers with buyers

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  • Federal agriculture official helped launch a web site in Portland this week to connect Northwest farmers with markets looking for locally grown food
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Food Hub will connect local farmers with customers

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  • A U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top official came to Portland to check out network meant to connect Northwest farmers and customers who love their food
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Eat-onomics: the ten most inspiring people in sustainable food

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  • The way America eats has to change, that’s no secret. Thanks to the efforts of these ten trailblazers, that change might be closer than we think
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Eat-onomics with Deborah Kane of FoodHub, a Match.com for locavores

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  • Think of it as the Match.com for the locavore movement: FoodHub connects small and regional producers with food buyers
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Congressional panel wades into ‘catch share’ debate

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  • Congressional subcommittee called for first public airing before federal lawmakers of the Obama administration
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Oregon company taps California protocol to earn more by logging less

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  • Ecotrust aims to reverse that trend of Industrial logging, tree farming, and clear-cutting altering some of North America’s most prized forests
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Economist network speaks up on carbon pricing

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  • Environmentally concerned economists released a report warning Obama Administration may be working with a theoretical price for carbon that is too low
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Study: US setting cost of carbon perilously low

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  • The US government is hurting its efforts to regulate carbon dioxide emissions by using flawed economic models
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Economists warn against setting price for carbon too low

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  • In its first attempts to regulate carbon emissions, the U.S. government is hindering its own efforts by using flawed economic models
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Whose ocean is this?

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  • Marine issues were the topic at Siuslaw Watershed Council’s Ocean Issues Forum held March 31 at the Florence Events Center