Our Partners

Across the globe, consumers are making more conscientious food choices to reduce their carbon footprint. Oregon’s food industries have a special opportunity to support this trend by increasing the availability of local foods, saving the atmosphere from the carbon cost of food transportation.

Oregon coast visitors spend about $840,000,000 on food stores and food services annually, contributing tremendous amounts of new money to our local economies each year. Even just a 10% increase in local seafood usage on the Oregon Coast would generate an additional $90 million for local economies.

Food is a primary component of nearly every social determinant of health. Eating local seafood brings food security to rural communities, builds community resilience, reconnects communities to the high quality food just off our coast, and ensures high levels of food safety.

Does the seafood on your plate carry a legacy of human rights abuses? Seafood imported from overseas has been linked to labor abuse, human trafficking, and illegal fishing practices. Eating Oregon seafood is the best way to know that no one was harmed in the making of your meal.