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This week on Possibly, we’re taking a look at what’s going behind the scenes of your local grocery store’s seafood aisle. When you choose between farm-raised and wild caught salmon, what environmental impacts are you actually choosing between? </div>
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<time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-07-22T04:00:00-04:00">July 22, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-07-28T12:35:29-04:00">July 28, 2025</time><span style="margin: 0 6px;" class="newspack_blocks__article-meta-footer__separator">|</span><style>#sonaar_music_71{display: inline-block;}#sonaar_music_71 .srp_player_boxed .srp-play-button-label-container{padding: 7px 7px;}#sonaar_music_71 .playlist li .sr_track_cover{width: 45px;min-width: 45px;}#sonaar_music_71 .sonaar-grid{justify-content: center;}#sonaar_music_71 .sr_playlist_below_artwork_auto .sonaar-grid{align-items: center;}#sonaar_music_71 .playlist,#sonaar_music_71 .buttons-block{width: 100%;}#sonaar_music_71 .playlist{margin: 0px;}#sonaar_music_71 .srp_tracklist{margin: 0px;}#sonaar_music_71 .sr_it-playlist-title,#sonaar_music_71 .sr_it-playlist-artists,#sonaar_music_71 .srp_subtitle{text-align: left;}#sonaar_music_71 .sr_it-playlist-title,#sonaar_music_71 .sr_it-playlist-artists,#sonaar_music_71 .srp_subtitle{margin-left: 0px;}#sonaar_music_71 .playlist li{padding-top: 8px;padding-bottom: 8px;}#sonaar_music_71 .sr-playlist-item .sricon-play:before{font-size: 12px;}#sonaar_music_71 .track-number{padding-left: calc( 12px + 12px );}@media (max-width: 767px){#sonaar_music_71 .iron-audioplayer .srp_tracklist-item-date{padding-left: calc( 12px + 12px );}}#sonaar_music_71 .ctnButton-block{justify-content: center;align-items: center;}#sonaar_music_71 .buttons-block{justify-content: center;align-items: center;}#sonaar_music_71 .buttons-block .store-list li .button{border-style: none;}#sonaar_music_71 .show-playlist .ctnButton-block{margin: 22px;}#sonaar_music_71 .album-player{display: flex;justify-content: flex-start;}#sonaar_music_71 .srp_subtitle{display: none !important;}#sonaar_music_71 .srp-play-button .sricon-play{font-size: 19px;}#sonaar_music_71 .srp-play-circle{height: 68px;width: 68px;border-radius: 68px;}#sonaar_music_71 .srp-play-circle{border-width: 6px;}#sonaar_music_71 .srp-play-button-label-container{border-style: solid;}#sonaar_music_71 .srp-play-button-label-container{border-width: 1px;}#sonaar_music_71 .srp-play-button-label-container{border-color: black;}#sonaar_music_71 .srp-play-button-label-container{border-color: #e86a54;}#sonaar_music_71 .srp-play-button-label-container{border-radius: 25px;}#sonaar_music_71 .srp_search_container .srp_search{padding: 15px 15px;}#sonaar_music_71 .iron-audioplayer .srp-play-button-label-container{color: #000000;}#sonaar_music_71 .iron-audioplayer .srp-play-button-label-container:hover{color: #ffffff;}</style><div id="sonaar_music_71"><div class="sonaar_audioplayer_block_cover sr_track_inline_cta_bt__yes"><article id="arbitrary-instance-688e5279dbcd2" class="iron_widget_radio srp_player_button"><div class="iron-audioplayer sonaar-no-artwork srp_hide_progressbar playlist_has_no_ctas" id="arbitrary-instance-688e5279dbcd2-64c23ddacc" data-id="arbitrary-instance-688e5279dbcd2" data-track-sw-cursor="" data-lazyload="" data-albums="25608" data-category="" data-url-playlist="https://thepublicsradio.org/?load=playlist.json&title=&albums=25608&category=&posts_not_in=&category_not_in=&feed_title=Should%20you%20buy%20farm-raised%20or%20wild%20salmon?&feed=https://ripr-od.streamguys1.com/uploads/2025/07/072225-Possibly-FarmSalmon-f_01.mp3&feed_img=&el_widget_id=&artwork=&posts_per_pages=-1&all_category=&single_playlist=&reverse_tracklist=&audio_meta_field=&repeater_meta_field=&import_file=&rss_items=-1&rss_item_title=&is_favorite=&is_recentlyplayed=&srp_order=date_DESC" data-sticky-player="1" data-shuffle="false" data-playlist_title="" data-scrollbar="" data-wave-color="" data-wave-progress-color="" data-spectro="" data-no-wave="" data-hide-progressbar="1" data-progress-bar-style=""data-feedurl="1" data-notrackskip="on" data-no-loop-tracklist="" data-playertemplate ="skin_boxed_tracklist" data-hide-artwork ="1" data-speedrate="1" data-tracks-per-page="" data-pagination_scroll_offset="" data-adaptive-colors="" data-adaptive-colors-freeze="" style="opacity:0;"><div class="srp_player_boxed srp_player_grid"><div class="album-player sr_waveform_mediaElement"><div class="srp_player_meta"></div><div class="srp_control_box">
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