Sound Bites With Melissa Joy Dobbins

Nine out of ten Americans are not getting enough fruits and vegetables, and despite recommendations to eat seafood at least two times a week, many people are falling short of that goal. In fact, according to a recent study in BMJ 68% of adults and 95% of children do not consume enough omega-3s to reach the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendations. Aquaponics is an innovative sustainable food production system that combines hydroponics (growing plants in water without soil) and aquaculture creating a recirculatory system that might just help us achieve nutrition and public health goals of increasing consumption of two of the healthiest foods lacking in the American diet – vegetables and seafood. Tune into this episode with Dr. Steven Summerfelt and Molly Stanek to learn about: 7 out of 10 people don’t feel very knowledgeable about sustainable seafood 68% of adults and 95% of children do not consume enough omega-3s to meet the DGAs recommendations 9 out of 10 Americans don’t meet the DGAs fruit and veg