Who Cares About the Shrimp? - by Alex Wennerberg - Reboot
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Kernel Magazine Issue 6 is out now! We’re sharing another piece from the issue — Alex Wennerberg’s examination of what it means to take shrimp welfare seriously, both in terms of hard moral calculus and fuzzier feelings of care. If you were at the Kernel Launch in SF last week, you got a sneak preview of this piece! For the rest of you: get your copy of the magazine now! —Jacob Sujin Kuppermann By Alex Wennerberg Edited by Sonja Belkin The more “humane” method of killing shrimp on farms is known as “ice slurry immersion.” Submerged in icy water, the shrimp are induced into thermal shock…
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