Seafood (page19)

"Sound food choices emphasize locally grown, seasonally fresh and whole or minimally processed ingredients," reads Chefs Collaborative's statement of principles. Why then are Collaborative members recommending frozen fava beans and mail-ordering their restaurant's fish?

Chefs Collaborative members Rick Moonen and Eric Ripert are featured in today's New York Time's story supporting Fenton Communications' (the firm behind the unnecessary Give Swordfish a Break! campaign) anti-caviar choice effort. The two chefs show their support for farm raised domestic caviar, which is no surprise considering Fenton Communications' client Whole Foods Market has just began to market farm-raised domestic caviar. It appears that the Chefs are not afraid to marginalize themselves by associating with such a thinly disguised, misrepresentative marketing scheme.

Last week, we were the first to report Fenton Communications’ (the firm behind the unnecessary “Give Swordfish A Break!” campaign) new effort to discourage the consumption of caviar, especially imported…

In November, we told you about how Fenton Communications (the firm behind the unnecessary “Give Swordfish a Break!” campaign) organized Chefs Collaborative and Environmental Defense to launch an offensive against…

The Seafood Lover's Almanac, published by the National Audubon Society and funded by anti-choice forces, says we "should avoid" eating lobster. But lobsters are thriving, perhaps even because they are being harvested. Once again, fact triumphs over their fiction!

Fenton Communications starts a new campaign to push people away from eating commercially harvested fish. (See our headlines from the 15th) The next day, the Los Angeles Time features a…

Fenton Communications, the group that brought you the thoroughly debunked Alar-on-apples scare and the unnecessary “Give Swordfish A Break!” campaign, is at it again. Fenton has brought together several of…

Chefs Collaborative is acknowledging its part in Fenton Communications' nonsensical campaign to ban swordfish. SeaWeb (a Fenton creation) says, "We picked swordfish for our campaign because we knew it appealed to a lot of consumers," and not, of course, because swordfish were ever really in danger. Expect more of your favorite restaurant fare soon to follow on these anti-choice activists "You can't eat that!" list.

Too often, SeaWeb and other nautical nannies generate scare headlines about vanishing seafood to bolster their calls for boycotts. But now, marine scientist Diane Cowan, aided by a veritable volunteer…

The SeaWeb and Natural Resources Defense Council’s “Give Swordfish A Break Campaign” is officially over. SeaWeb executive director Vikki Spruill said that in light of recent government actions, the…