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Food of Emperors: China’s Appetite for South African Abalone


Food of Emperors: China’s Appetite for South African Abalone
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Abalone has been a luxury food in China since imperial times. Poachers are feeding the country’s appetite for the pricy little mollusk resulting in a drop in the abalone population in South Africa's once-large natural reserves. Reporter Kate Bartlett visited one abalone aquaculture farm in Hermanus, South Africa with more.

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