Thursday, June 27, 2013

I can't decide if Western Civilization is decadent or resourceful

Posted by dkuehn at 9:13 AM
So I was at Whole Foods this morning just grabbing a roll for lunch, and outside I saw Lobster Compost.

Yup.

Compost made from lobsters. How decadent is our society that we buy lobsters to just throw them on the ground?

I googled it when I got to the office and felt slightly better about it (I actually figured this was what it was in the store) - it's made from the remains of the lobster - the shell, etc. So maybe we're not decadent at all and we're just being resourceful.

But it was selling in Whole Foods so I'm leaning towards decadent.

3 comments:

  1. Blue AuroraJune 27, 2013 at 9:24 AM

    On the bright side of things, hopefully the lobsters were largely consumed before what was left of them was made into compost...

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  2. Don CoffinJune 27, 2013 at 10:31 AM

    FWIW, in the mid-to-late 19th century, lobster was regarded as a "trash" sea creature, eaten mostly by the poor and often just thrown away (used as compost).

    http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/03/how-lobster-clawed-its-way

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  3. Don CoffinJune 27, 2013 at 10:31 AM

    Make that "early-to-mid 19th century"

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