Rocky Rice, right, and Brent Thomas catch blue catfish on the Potomac River in Charles County, Md. “Just educating the consumer is a big part,” said Rice, one of several watermen to sell to Old Line Fish Co. this past year. (Image by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Thanks for reaching out! The local agricultural and watermen communities make the shore a gem of the Chesapeake and we are always happy to learn about other organizations that positively benefit from it. Old Line Fish Company works exclusively as a CSF, without connection to land or an existing farm-based CSA. Bean and Connolly's operation at Pot Pie Farm combining both farm freshness and seafood offerings is a wonderful CSA example, and we would be interested in highlighting it. We will be reaching out to Carol Bean. Thank you for informing us about it!
To my knowledge, the first CSA to incorporate local seafood was started in 2011 by Carol Bean and Mark Connolly of Talbot County, predating Old Line by several years. I've pointed this out every time I encounter another article like this one, but it never seems to stop Old Line from incorrectly claiming they were the first. Here's the proof: an article published in 2011 by the Talbot Spy regarding Bean & Connolly's operation
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Thanks for reaching out! The local agricultural and watermen communities make the shore a gem of the Chesapeake and we are always happy to learn about other organizations that positively benefit from it. Old Line Fish Company works exclusively as a CSF, without connection to land or an existing farm-based CSA. Bean and Connolly's operation at Pot Pie Farm combining both farm freshness and seafood offerings is a wonderful CSA example, and we would be interested in highlighting it. We will be reaching out to Carol Bean. Thank you for informing us about it!
To my knowledge, the first CSA to incorporate local seafood was started in 2011 by Carol Bean and Mark Connolly of Talbot County, predating Old Line by several years. I've pointed this out every time I encounter another article like this one, but it never seems to stop Old Line from incorrectly claiming they were the first. Here's the proof: an article published in 2011 by the Talbot Spy regarding Bean & Connolly's operation
http://talbotspy.org/new-seafood-csa-at-pot-pie-farm/
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