Name: How I fell in love with a fish
Uploaded: 2010-03-10T09:00:00Z
Duration: 18 min 45 s
Description: Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie's honeymoon he's enjoyed since discovering an outrageously delicious fish raised using a revolutionary farming method in Spain.

Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie's honeymoon he's enjoyed since discovering an outrageously delicious fish raised using a revolutionary farming method in Spain.

How I fell in love with a fish

Modern fish farms often promise sustainability but fall short, sometimes feeding fish with chicken byproducts and causing pollution. In contrast, a Spanish farm transformed degraded wetlands into a thriving ecosystem where fish eat natural food and flamingos flock by the thousands. The farm’s success is measured by the health of its predators and the purity of its water, not just by yield. This model suggests that food systems can nourish both people and the planet, challenging the industrial approach that dominates agriculture.