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We’re all in the same boat together, just one reason local fishermen, the nonprofit Extra Table, and others have jumped on board with the newly launched Catch Together program. A special delivery at food banks throughout South Mississippi, 13,000 pounds of shrimp caught by local fishermen that will ultimately provide 36,000 meals for those in […]
Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United partnered with the Extra Table organization and Catch Together nonprofit as part of ‘Sea to Supper’ campaign.
2020: The year we came together, living distantly Posted by Katherine Rose and Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Dec 31, 2020 Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner Amanda Price stands alongside photos of Jessica Baggen taken at her 17th birthday party in 1996. Baggen was murdered later that same evening as she walked home on the Sawmill Creek Road bicycle path. It wasn’t until August, 2020, that “genetic geneaology” was used to identify a suspect living in Arkansas. (DPS image) In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was like the pavement that all other stories rolled on- everything from school c...
Embed iframe src "https://www.npr.org/player/embed/949643418/950224224" width "100%" height "290" frameborder "0" scrolling "no" title "NPR embedded audio player" DAVID GREENE, HOST: So when you think of food bank donations, non-perishable goods might come to mind. But some food assistance programs across the country are beginning to partner with local fishermen. As April Fulton reports, it's helping the fishermen, the economy and also those in need of healthy food. APRIL FULTON, BYLINE: The commercial fishermen of Santa Barbara, Calif., have been running a small seafood market on Saturda...
Coast shrimpers help fill local food banks during COVID with help from grant Alyssa Newton, The Sun Herald Dec. 24—The holidays are a time when people come together. Although COVID-19 has led to a lack In physical gatherings, it hasn't stopped the kindness and generosity on the Coast. Three organizations, Extra Table, Catch Together and Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United, came together to not only feed hundreds of people In Mississippi, but also help the local shrimpers on the Coast. In June, The Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United (MCFU) collected 1,500 pounds of k...