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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		What it Takes to Get Maine Lobster On Tables Around the World
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		0
	Publish Date:		2018-03-10 09:38:29
	Description:		Of all Maine's export products, one of the most logistically challenging is Homarus americanus. Fresh Maine lobster is now in demand all over the world, but it takes a lot of work to deliver the product to the other side of the planet while it's still fresh. In this installment of It CAN Get There From Here we visit a lobster dealer who's found a way to do it. Lobster packing is a squeaky affair, but the workers who do it will tell you “you get used to the Styrofoam squeak after a while.” A crew of five people is stuffing live lobsters into boxes, tail first, where they will ride upright, cradled in the Styrofoam partitions like bottles of wine. When this box is full, it will contain 30 pounds of live lobster, part of a 3000 pound order, that will be transported on a big plastic-wrapped pallet to any number of places. “Right now they're packing an order that's going to be going to Asia. It's what we do almost daily,” says Tom Adams. Adams opened Maine Coast Lobster in York just seven
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