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 ...
