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Pay more for your meat. Eat less meat to pay for it if you must. Research the premium brands available in your supermarket - the words "free range" or "organic" on their own are pretty meaningless. Find out what delivery services are available in your area, research them. Buy from a provider you trust.

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This is a useless advice as there is no accountability/testing for these claims.... you cannot even be sure what kind of fish that you are buying nowadays (organic is even harder to prove). DNA testing would solve that, but the FDA apparently don't have the budget. For example: https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/one-third-fish... .

That's where the "research" bit comes in. Take that report to your fish-monger[1] and ask him about it. If he has a strong opinion about it he's probably a keeper. If not, ditch him and get your fish from somewhere else. Again, check online vendors.

1: Here's a direct link to the actual report so you don't come off as someone who gets his information from tabloid newspapers: http://oceana.org/sites/default/files/Fishy_Business_updated...

This is reasonable advice, and something we follow in our household that eats meat a couple times/week. Only the good stuff, but not too much of it.

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