Four Fish: How Science and the Media Shaped What We Eat from the Sea

There are plenty of fish in the sea, we’re told, but over the last fifty years, Americans have seen their seafood choices shrink to the point where often we’re usually choosing among just four “flesh archetypes” of protein from the ocean. How did this simplification of our markets and our palates come about? In this talk, bestselling author and New York Times contributor Paul Greenberg, walks us through his four fish (and one bonus crustacean) and shows us the key technology and communications moments that upended what we eat from the sea.

Speaker: Paul Greenberg

Michael Campbell's talk has been rescheduled to April 10, 2025