Sustainability & Traceability Key At Monterey Bay Aquarium's Sustainable Foods Institute

Sustainability and traceability, along with the effects of climate change and other environmental issues, are  topics leading the conversation at the Sustainable Foods Institute at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Cooking for Solutions conference.  The annual conference features two days of presentations by experts in fisheries, agriculture, academia, research and non-government organizations, and policymakers, along with a host of national media, many serving as moderators and panelists.

As cool Pacific waves gently caressed the shoreline of northern California, more than 200 attendees crowded into conference rooms at the Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa to examined a broad range of sustainability issues: Closing the Circle of Sustainability, Aquaculture: Setting the Table for Change, Four Fish: Models for Seafood Traceability on a Local, Regional, National and Global Scale as well as Farming: The Next Generation.
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The event is presented by Monterey Bay Aquarium, which founded the Seafood Watch program, the tri-fold card living in 40 million wallets and as an app on more than a million smartphones. Originally conceived 15 years ago as a crib card to help diners make responsible decisions about what to eat for dinner, it caught fire with consumers.  It now carries significant influence on fishery producers, food service companies, and national and international seafood policymakers using science-based, peer reviewed, and ecosystem-based criteria.

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