Slow Fish 2024: Charleston
College of Charleston/Bowens Island
66 George St, Charleston, SC 29424, USA
South Carolina
32.7834441
-79.93700179999999
Description
WELCOME!
It's been 6 years since we gathered in San Francisco, and we're thrilled to bring us together for a meaningful and galvanizing 3 days this November 1-3, 2024! We can't wait to gather with our Slow Fish community on the beautiful College of Charleston campus and surrounding area to share stories, learn from experts, advocate for smart stakeholder policy, and catalyze our movement for the future of good, clean and fair seafood! Join us!
Slow Fish 2024 is a collaborative gathering of seafood harvesters, fishmongers, chefs, educators, researchers and advocates working to create more direct supply chains based on Slow Fish values of providing good, clean and fair seafood to their communities. The event is a co-production of Slow Fish North America, Slow Food USA and our host community, Slow Food Charleston.
Crew Together: Catch the Rising Tide!
This year's theme is Crew Together: Catch the Rising Tide! "Crew Together" was the all-hands-on-deck theme for the Slow Fish 2020 event that Covid took away. However, in true Slow Fish fashion, we rallied together and spun our efforts into an energizing, community-building series of webinars. From there, we hosted the soul-nourishing Slow Fish 2021 Virtual Gathering and built a strong community engagement platform with the Rising Tide program, aimed at bringing more folks into the conversation about seafood with values.
Looking ahead to Slow Fish 2024 and beyond, we want to reignite that spark of energy, creativity and motivation that underscores every in-person event by crewing together and catching the rising tide!
Slow Fish Rising Tide Chefs Camp in New Orleans, Nov. 2023 (photo: Kevell Byrd)
MISSION
We'll convene in Charleston to bring the Slow Fish community together with Slow Food leaders to accomplish these goals:
grow the Slow Fish North America network;
build more community around Slow Fish values;
create a roadmap for Slow Fish engagement and advocacy going forward; and,
celebrate the joy of local, responsibly harvested seafood!
PROGRAM
Friday
The conference will start with an inspiring gathering at the beautiful Sottile Theater Friday afternoon. After checking in to the event (and with each other!), we'll kick off the weekend with a culturally rich and spiritually awakening welcome and land and water acknowledgement from Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah-Geechee nation at the beautiful Sottile Theater Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. We'll then hear an overview of where Slow Fish has been, what we've achieved, and where we're headed. We'll then hear from five Key Chord storytellers from the network about their efforts to uplift community-based seafood with Slow Fish values:
Captain Charlie Abner-Fisherman operating out of Ga., S.C. and Fla.;
Kerry Marhefka-co-owner of Abundant Seafood, marine biologist, member of multiple fisheries organizations;
Captain Kindra Arnesen-Fisherwoman out of Louisiana, member of multiple fisheries organizations;
Buck Jones-Cayuse, Salmon Marketing specialist with Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission; and,
Chef Dana Honn-Co-owner and chef of Carmo restaurant in New Orleans.
We round out Friday with an exploration of Charleston's sustainable seafood scene with recommendations for dinner at restaurants featured in Slow Food Charleston's Slow Fish City Guide!
Saturday
We begin the day with a light breakfast on the College of Charleston campus as we weave through sessions all day across a broad range of topics including reimagining local seafood supply chains; aquaculture with values; climate change impacts on seasonality, availability and production; fair access to ocean resources; shifting policies; and community engagement in educational discussions around seafood with values. Again, we'll explore the fabulous tableau of Charleston's food scene for dinner.
Sunday
The conference will move to beautiful Bowens Island with morning sessions that will synthesize the conversations begun on Saturday, and identify calls to action: Where do we take Slow Fish from here? How do we get there ... crewing together? In the afternoon, we will invite the Slow Food Charleston community to join us as we celebrate Slow Fish and 20 years of Slow Food Charleston, our collective future, and the bounty of seafood from the region and beyond.
World Cafe sessions at Slow Fish San Francisco 2018 (photo: Eric Buchanan)
LOGISTICS
Tickets:
Early Bird (Until Sept. 7): $150
General Admission (Sept. 8 through Nov. 1): $200
Getting there:
Charleston International Airport is convenient and easy for those flying in. There are is also Amtrak and bus service.
Lodging:
Charleston Marriott
Rate: $279/night
Slow Food/Slow Fish Room Block
Start Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
End Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2024
LAST DAY TO BOOK: Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Hyatt Place/Charleston Historic District
Rate: $329/night
Slow Fish Block
Start Date: Friday, November 1, 2024
End Date: Sunday, November 3, 2024
LAST DAY TO BOOK: Monday, September 30, 2024
Stay Duvet
At Stay Duvet it is our mission is to combine the freedom and comfort of a vacation home rental, with the quality, consistency, and concierge standards of a high-end hotel. Stay Duvet vacation rental homes are located in historic downtown Charleston, as well as nearby coastal and beach towns, ensuring the perfect setting for any trip to the South Carolina Coast.
Please enjoy a 5% discount on rentals with the code SlowFishCHS
5% commission will be returned to Slow Fish on each booking!
Our email is team@stayduvet and our sales line is 843-620-7795 which is manned from 10am - 6pm daily
Scholarship:
We want to set a big table. We will do everything we can to help folks join us for this important gathering based on available funding. **Scholarship applications are currently closed**
SEE YOU IN CHARLESTON!!!
Boucherie, Slow Fish 2016: NOLA (photo: Eric Buchanan)
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Start:
2024-11-01T12:00:00-04:00
End:
2024-11-03T17:00:00-05:00
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