Enjoy delicious “sustainable” food along with learning how to eat healthy and protect the environment by coming to the Save Seafood Tour at Saint Joseph’s College on Tuesday, May 2, at 7 p.m. The tour lets consumers know how to make sustainable seafood choices in the face of overfishing and environmental damage to the oceans.
The presentation will feature a 30-minute film, Can the Oceans Keep Up With the Hunt?, as well as a discussion about sustainability led by Stuart Leckie, general manager of Bon AppA?©tit food services at Saint Joseph’s College.
“We’ve found that consumers are eager to learn more, but don’t know where to turn for information,” says Leckie. The tour is a partnership between Bon AppA?©tit and Seafood Watch, a program of the world-renowned Monterey Bay Aquarium, he added.
Following a question-and-answer period, Bon AppA?©tit will offer a reception with a variety of sustainable foods, including dessert (and served with biodegradable plates and cutlery).
As the global population has increased and more people have become aware of fish as a healthy source of protein, worldwide seafood demand has increased dramatically and placed enormous stress on our oceans. Globally, seafood is being harvested at an unsustainable rate using practices that severely damage the environment and compromise the quality of the seafood.
The presentation will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Viola George Auditorium of Harold Alfond Hall on the Standish campus. It is free and open to the public.
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