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Cape Ann Fresh Catch Community Supported Fishery Video -Sign Up By May 1st

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Emily Currier and Steve Parkes swing by to talk about the new season of Cape Ann Fresh Catch Community Supported Fishery.  Several new developments make this season different than last year.

Click here for the HD version if you have a speedy internet connection or the video below if your connection is slower.

www.capeannfreshcatch.org

The new season is open for signups before May 1 and you can sign up directly with an easy-pay system right on the CapeAnnFreshCatch.org website.

Video below

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Cape Ann Fresh Catch 2010 News!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro


Dear Members and Potential Members,

The Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association’s Cape Ann Fresh Catch Community Supported Fishery program is ready to start things rolling for the new May 2010 season. For us, we’ve been very busy in the off-season.

We’ve made some major changes to our communication tools and data management systems. We’ve redesigned our website- www.capeannfreshcatch.org -upgraded our email tools, overhauled our database, and soon, we’ll have online registration and payment. And that’s just the electronic stuff…

At the heart of CAFC’s mission–getting fresh, sustainable seafood on to your table–we’ve got three new delivery sites: Mills, Lexington, and Hamilton. Three other sites–Groton, Dracut, and Boston/Fenway– need more support to get the numbers up to make it economically feasible for us. (If you’d care to help, on our new website you can find and download pull-tab flyers. By printing and posting these pull-tab flyers in high visibility places in your community, you can help promote and “sustain” the viability of your delivery site…)

As for our offerings, we’re adding fillets to this season’s line up. Fillets required a whole new level of logistical considerations. You folks asked for them. We now offer them. Also, following up on the popularity of the alternating share, we’ll have another alternating share, one week whole fish, the next week fillets.

This a turbulent time for all of New England’s fishing communities. Your support in this venture gives a clear signal to our local boats and crews that their work is honored, respected, and most importantly, valued!

Here is a link to the May 2010 contract: http://capeannfreshcatch.org/may2010_contract.pdf. For your convenience, the first page is an interactive form you can fill out in a PDF reader and then print. Please retain a copy for your records. We hope to have an online registration and payment system up and running shortly. Check our website regularly for its rollout. If you’d like to mail in the contract with your payment check sooner, that’d be greatly appreciated.

Again, we thank you all for your support of our local fishermen through your participation in the Cape Ann Fresh Catch Community Supported Fishery.

Sincerely,

Angela Sanfilippo (GFWA President) and the CAFC CSF Staff