PORTLAND, Maine – A Maine science institute wants students at New England colleges to know if the seafood in their school cafeterias was pulled from the region's waters.
The Portland-based Gulf of Maine Research Institute is targeting colleges and universities to carry its label that promises seafood products are harvested locally and sustainably. The institute offers a "responsibly harvested" label to food vendors that can source products back to the Gulf of Maine. Supermarkets, including regional giants Shaw's and Hannaford, have so far been the primary vendors to carry the stamp, which launched in 2011.
Wellesley College in Massachusetts and the University of New Hampshire are the first colleges to sign on to use the label, institute seafood brand manager Kyle Foley said. The institute is talking to several other schools in New England and hopes to announce more partnerships in the next six months, she said.
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