Catch the Rising Tide! Building community at Local Seafood Summit

Affirmation goes a long way when building community around shared values or a shared vision. When someone from the audience asks a thoughtful question or raises a provocative point, that type of affirmation sparks even more dialogue and general participation.

So when Chef Mike Nelson of G.W. Fins in New Orleans raised his hand during a session at the Local Seafood Summit last month to say he stopped serving farmed salmon after the Chefs Camp we co-hosted at Dillard University in 2023, I bowed to him and thanked him for sharing that. His statement validated the overall goal for the Chefs Camp: invite chefs into a broader awareness of the impact of their choices.

His statement also validated the overall mission of the Slow Fish Rising Tide Program: to bring more folks along the seafood supply chain into an honest discussion about seafood with values and what it means to support local seafood producers and local seafood.

Titled “Catch the Rising Tide: Community Engagement for Seafood with Values,” the Local Seafood Summit session was an interactive discussion about the community engagements Slow Fish, One Fish Foundation and other partners have produced across the country since 2022.

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