Seafood for the Future – Los Angeles Catering using Sustainable Seafood

Seafood for the Future is a program provides Los Angeles catering consumers, chefs, and restaurateurs a labeling system, supported by extensive transparent research, that will empower them to easily identify sustainable and healthy seafood choices. They work closely with many restaurants and seafood suppliers to ensure that approved products are safe- both for you and the environment. This is done by having a strict criteria for the seafood including:

- Each item is a healthy and essential contribution to a wholesome diet, with high levels of omega-3 fatty acids and low levels of mercury.

- They are all harvested from well-managed or certified fisheries, or grown on farms using sustainable practices.

- They are produced using methods that limit by-catch, reduce the carbon foot-print, and minimize damage to the ocean habitat.

- Each one supports human communities by preserving cultural values, safe working conditions, and strong communities.

Eco Caters has been recognized by Seafood for the Future as a partner in sustainability because of our efforts to serve local and sustainably fished seafood.

For more information, visit their website at http://seafoodforthefuture.org to learn about Eco Caters and the other Los Angeles chefs that are serving up sustainable seafood.

Eco Caters did an all organic lunch for the Connect.org Frontiers in Science and Technology Lecture Series which was focused on sustainability. The event was held at the California Center for Sustainable Energy in San Diego. The center was happy to finally get some organic catering in San Diego and everyone enjoyed the meal which included a farmers market salad and mixed wraps including a Grilled Chicken Wrap with Mayo, White Balsamic Mustard, Onion, Tomato, and Herb Mix, a Grilled Portabella Wrap with Onion, Tomato, Fresh Herb Mustard, Roasted Pepper Aioli and Mixed Greens, a Grilled Sirloin Wrap with Tomato, Onion, Roasted Pepper Aioli, and Pepper Mix, and Caprese Wrap with Basil Pesto, Market Tomatoes, and Fresh Buffalo Mozzarella. For dessert we served Farmers Market Fruit with Piru Canyon Avocado Honey including mixed seasonal fruit from the local market. All of the products were bought from the local farmers market in San Diego and the meats were purchased from local ranches focused on sustainability.

Everyone was very pleased to hear that organic catering in San Diego was now an option and that we could even do corporate events and lunch drop offs. The California Center for Sustainable Energy holds lots of events focused on sustainability and we look forward to catering many more events there. San Diego catering is going to be fun with all of the sustainable events I think we should have lots of business in the coming years.