List of Upcoming Events


Seafood Throwdown at Cape Ann Farmers Market

Date: 
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Rogers Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Seafood Throwdown will be a benefit for Gulf of Mexico fishing communities impacted by the BP oil disaster.

Chef Jeremy Guyotte & Felicia Mohan of Passports and Chef Saskia Chase of the Dog Bar - both on Gloucester's Main Street - will cook off. Tastings will be available for a donation toward Horizon Relief.

Seafood Throwdown at the Common Ground Country Fair

Date: 
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 9:00am - Sunday, September 26, 2010 - 5:00pm
Unity, Maine

We're happy to be back at the Common Ground Fair for another Seafood Throwdown. More details about the chefs, judges, and other information coming soon, so please check back.

Working Waterfront Festival

Date: 
Saturday, September 25, 2010 - 10:00am - Sunday, September 26, 2010 - 5:00pm
Fisherman's Wharf/Pier 3 — Steamship Pier, New Bedford, Massachusetts

All in One Boat: the Cultural Mosaic of New England's Working Ports

Join us in New Bedford for three days of celebrating the ocean and the fishing communities it sustains. Visit our booth and check out the Seafood Throwdown on Sunday.

For more information, visit the Festival website.

Seafood Throwdown at the Fishtival

Date: 
Saturday, September 25, 2010 - 11:00am - 5:00pm
Prescot Park, Portsmouth, NH

We're back for the second year for a Seafood Throwdown at the New Hampshire Fish & Lobster Festival, therwise known as the Fishtival, this event debuted in 2009 and is a
special collaboration between a variety of community organizations to
support the local fishing industy.

Join us again this year for a Seafood Throwdown during this day long event.  More details coming soon, so check back to find out who the chefs, judges and others involved will be.

For more information on the Fishtival, please visit their website.

Seafood Throwdown at The Working Waterfront

Date: 
Sunday, September 26, 2010 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Fisherman's Wharf/Pier 3 — Steamship Pier, New Bedford, Massachusetts

We're happy to bring the Seafood Throwdown to the Working Waterfront Celebration this year. Visit this site for information on chefs, judges and other details soon.  So, check back soon!

Boston Local Food Festival

Date: 
Saturday, October 2, 2010 - 11:00am - 4:00pm
Fort Point Channel, Boston, MA

Community Food Security Coalition Annual Conference

Date: 
Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 9:00am - Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 5:00pm
New Orleans, LA

World Small-Scale Fisheries Conference

Date: 
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 9:00am - Friday, October 22, 2010 - 5:00pm
Bangkok, Thailand

The World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress (WSFC) is a scientific meeting that aims to address issues concerning small-scale fisheries around the world. Researchers, practitioners, policy makers, fishers, industries, community members, and other interested persons are invited to participate at the conference to discuss key issues and offer local and global solutions.

The congress will consist of panel presentations, speed and poster presentations and field excursions. It will be held at Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand on October 18-22, 2010. The WSFC will slightly overlap with the fifth Coastal Zone Asia-Pacific Conference (CZAP2010), a biennial conference on coastal related issues for the Asia-Pacific region. Registered participants to either conference are entitled to participate in both events.

For more information, please visit the conference website.

Slow Food Terra Madre Conference

Date: 
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 9:00am - Monday, October 25, 2010 - 10:00pm
Torino, Italy

The Terra Madre Conference

Terra Madre is an international network of food producers, cooks, educators and students from 150 countries who are united by a common goal of global sustainability in food. The "food communities" of Terra Madre come together biennially to share innovative solutions and time-honored traditions for keeping small-scale agriculture and sustainable food production alive and well.

WHEN: The fourth edition of the Terra Madre conference will be October 21-25, 2010. We are now accepting applications.

WHERE: Torino, Italy

HOW: You must apply to be a delegate. This year the application will be in 2 parts: one is a short form to be completed online, the other is a supplement to be sent in via regular mail. Details can be found by clicking here.

WHAT: Terra Madre is an international conference that gathers sustainable food producers, farmers, cooks, educators and activists from around the world to connect and share their stories and traditions, as well as their innovative solutions for keeping small-scale agriculture and sustainable food production alive and well. Delegates come from over 150 countries.

The Salone del Gusto - the world's largest artisanal food marketplace - is held concurrently, in part for delegates to gain a deeper sense of how small-scale sustainable producers can market their products effectively.