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ASMI’s Food Aid Program Reaches to Fill Domestic, International Needs
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ASMI’s Food Aid Program Reaches to Fill Domestic, International Needs

Wild Alaska seafood sold by Alaska Seafood Marketing Association (ASMI) through its Global Food Aid Program now feeds millions of beneficiaries of federal and international food aid programs, and ASMI’s Bruce Schactler hopes to feed many more in 2024. “We are dealing with product development, new generations of people eating more seafood, and we are trying to distribute seafood to 30 million to 40 million people who have never eaten seafood before,” Schactler said in his report to ASMI’s All Hands on Deck conference in Anchorage on Nov. 2. Schactler, who leads the Global Food Air Program at ASMI, told the conference that through October the U.S. Department of Agriculture had purchased over $205 million in wild Alaska seafood. “Last year was a record year of purchasing seafood ...
Wild Alaskan Company Donates 95,000 Pounds of Salmon to Alaska Food Bank
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Wild Alaskan Company Donates 95,000 Pounds of Salmon to Alaska Food Bank

Wild Alaskan Company, a direct to consumer sustainably-caught seafood membership firm, has donated over 95,000 pounds of individually-portioned, wild-caught salmon valued in excess of $1.4 million to the Food Bank of Alaska.   The contribution, a mix of both sockeye and coho species, comes as communities across Alaska face the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic hardships and ongoing food insecurity. A 2020 Northwestern University study showed that almost one in five Alaskans experiences food insecurity.   Arron Kallenberg, founder and CEO of Wild Alaskan Company, said that “there would be no Wild Alaskan Company without Alaska. We are fortunate to be in a position to give back to Alaskans during this time of need — so that’s what we did.”  TOTE Maritime Alaska facilita...