Raising Shrimp: The Truth About America's Favorite Seafood (2015)

America's most popular and iconic seafood is really a cheap foreign import. Raising Shrimp paints the economic and medical perils of an outsourced food supply,and follows Ted, an engineer, and Andy, an ecologist, on a quest for a better shrimp. In Texas, they find fishermen pushed from riches to rags by imports. In Belize, they find shrimp farmers striving for a natural balance with jungles and lagoons, but again globalization takes its toll, and the best farm collapses. Back home in the U.S. pioneering farmers harness the power of bacteria to grow shrimp inside a darkened warehouse without any waste. Encouraged, Andy and Ted see that raising shrimp this way offers hope for all.

Director: Joe Cunningham
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 50 min
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Language: English
Original Language: en
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What is Raising Shrimp: The Truth About America's Favorite Seafood about?
America's most popular and iconic seafood is really a cheap foreign import. Raising Shrimp paints the economic and medical perils of an outsourced food supply,and follows Ted, an engineer, and Andy, an ecologist, on a quest for a better shrimp. In Texas, they find fishermen pushed from riches to rags by imports. In Belize, they find shrimp farmers striving for a natural balance with jungles and lagoons, but again globalization takes its toll, and the best farm collapses. Back home in the U.S. pioneering farmers harness the power of bacteria to grow shrimp inside a darkened warehouse without any waste. Encouraged, Andy and Ted see that raising shrimp this way offers hope for all.
Who directed Raising Shrimp: The Truth About America's Favorite Seafood?
Raising Shrimp: The Truth About America's Favorite Seafood was directed by Joe Cunningham.
How long is Raising Shrimp: The Truth About America's Favorite Seafood?
Raising Shrimp: The Truth About America's Favorite Seafood has a runtime of 50m (50 minutes).
What genre is Raising Shrimp: The Truth About America's Favorite Seafood?
Raising Shrimp: The Truth About America's Favorite Seafood is a Documentary film.