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2021 Feature Presentation
Celebrity Chef Barton Seaver presents a talk on Sustainable Seafood
Charles B. Wang Theater
Wednesday, April 20, 2021 at 4:00 PM (EST)
SUMMARY
Celebrity Chef Barton Seaver will give a brief presentation about sustainable seafood, how our choices for diet and menus can promote healthier lifestyles, resilient ecosystems, more secure food supplies, and thriving communities.
BIOGRAPHY: Barton Seaver
Barton Seaver is one of the world’s leading sustainable seafood experts and educators.
Before leaving the restaurant industry to pursue his interests in sustainable food
systems, he was an award-winning chef leading top seafood restaurants in Washington,
DC. After traveling the world with the National Geographic Society, he translated
his experiences into his leadership in the area of sustainable seafood innovations.
As a member of the United States Culinary Ambassador Corp, Barton facilitates international
conversations on sustainability and the role of food in resource management and public
health. As the Director of the Sustainable Seafood and Health Initiative at the Harvard
School of Public Health, Barton led initiatives to inform consumers and institutions
about how our choices for diet and menus can promote healthier people, resilient ecosystems,
more secure food supplies, and thriving communities. He also served as a Senior Advisor
in Sustainable Seafood Innovations at the University of New England and as a Sustainability
Fellow at the New England Aquarium.
An internationally recognized speaker, Barton has delivered lectures, seminars, and
demos to a multitude of audiences. He has written seven seafood-centric books, including For Cod and Country, Two If By Sea, American Seafood and The Joy of Seafood. Seaver has contributed to Coastal Living, The Coastal Table, Cooking Light, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Fine
Cooking, Fortune, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, The New York Times, O: The Oprah
Magazine, Saveur, the Washington Post, among many others. He has appeared on 60 Minutes, CNN, NPR, 20/20 and the TED stage.
Seaver hosted In Search of Food on the Ovation Network and Eat: The History of Food on National Geographic TV.
He is also the founder of Coastal Culinary Academy, a multi-platform initiative that
seeks to increase seafood consumption through seafood-specific culinary education
for all levels of cooks.
Co-sponsored by Earthstock, Office of Student Life, and Faculty Student Association
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