Wednesday, April 07, 2010

In Maine, Last Sardine Cannery in the U.S. Is Clattering Out--what the hell DO we make here in the US these days??

PROSPECT HARBOR JOURNAL

In Maine, Last Sardine Cannery in the U.S. Is Clattering Out


By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Published: April 3, 2010

Once a thriving national industry — and the backdrop of John Steinbeck’s gritty “Cannery Row” — sardine canneries have been dwindling for the last half-century. They have fallen victim to global competition, corporate consolidations and a general lack of appetite, at least in the United States, for sardines, despite their nutritional value and attempts by chefs to give them an image makeover.

Seriously--aside from crappy TV, I can't think of anything that is "Made in America."

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