"Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure --atractively packaged but inferior in content."
Alan Watts
British Philosopher
West Coast Shrimp Choices
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Food 4 Less |
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Trader Joe's |
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Walmart |
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Costco |
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Smart & Final |
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Albertsons |
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Ralphs |
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Vons |
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Whole Foods Market |
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Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market |
Key
BEST - First choice as these items are likely to involve traditional employment and no slave labor.
GOOD - Second option but still concerns on who and how these items are processed.
AVOID - Limit comsumption of these products as these items are likely to come from slave labor.
Thousand pounds Thousand dollars Thailand 402,055 1,280,871 Indonesia 185,164 631,954 Viet Nam 105,653 479,094 China 105,375 250,410 Malaysia 66,431 186,333 India 33,464 142,271 Bangladesh 30,309 128,120 Statistics from National Marine Fisheries Service, Fisheries Statistics Division, Silver Spring , MD, http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
Countries Exporting Shrimp to the U.S in 2008
