Submitted by Carmyn de Jonge on Fri, 13/03/2020 - 13:12
The World's their Fish Finger
by Jacqueline Garget
Smothered in ketchup or squished into a sandwich, there’s one tasty convenience food that’s hard to resist. With over 1.5 million of them eaten every day in Britain, fish fingers are one of the nation’s favourite foods. Now two Cambridge researchers believe that a twist on this 1950’s creation might help address the challenge of sustainably feeding our global population.
David Willer and Dr David Aldridge are on a mission to work out how to look after our planet and people's health at the same time. Zoologists in the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute, they want to demonstrate that bivalve shellfish - oysters, scallops, mussels and clams - can be a source of a affordable, sustainable and nutritious food.
