Seafest showcases community support for local seafood

One Fish Foundation’s blueprint for community engagement has been to host intimate, interactive conversations where folks learn about why they should care about the story of their seafood.

I constantly tell students and adults I want them to think about buying seafood the same way they buy eggs at a farmer’s market, where they can ask questions, get answers and build strong relationships with those who produce their food.

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Those strong bonds were on display at the Chatham Harvesters Cooperative (CHC) 3rd annual Seafest held outside of the CHC facility on Cape Cod on Sept. 27. About 80 people came from across the Cape to celebrate local seafood, meet the fishermen that provide their seafood, and learn more about why they should care where their seafood comes from. This event was a co-production of CHC, One Fish Foundation and Slow Fish North America.

Many attendees were already shareholders of the CHC community supported fishery. Think community supported agriculture (CSA) for seafood. Others were curious, and later signed up to become shareholders, effectively buying a share of the upcoming harvest to get excellent locally caught fish. They