Locale vs. Local
Locally
sourced
ingredients
from
localized
food
system
provide
great
benefits
and
are
part
of
almost
every
menu
outside
of
quick
and
casual
service
restaurants.
But
what
does
it
technically
mean?
HR
2419,
Consolidated
Farm
and
Rural
Development
Act,
defines
our
a
local
food
system
as
“the
product
travels
no
farther
than
400
miles
from
the
locality
or
region
in
which
the
final
product
is
marketed
and
consumed”.
This
act
defines
what
is
local
but
there
is
nothing
that
defines
what
is
organic
quite
yet.
Besides
the
point
on
how
the
local
farms
in
the
area
are
regulated
for
health
and
safety
of
their
products
and
how
they
are
approved
for
sale
is
not
the
focus
here
but
what
makes
something
local.
There
are
significant
environmental
and
economical
benefits
for
sourcing
local
food
and
we
are
committed
to
those
benefits.
Local Seafood can be used to our advantage with our location in Northeast Ohio with the natural resource of the Great Lakes. We have Walleye, Perch, Whitefish, White Bass, Smelts, Trout and even some creative chefs are using sheepshead at our purchasing hands all sourced and cut and cleaned for you and your guests under the local umbrella. But seafood can also be out of this realm at the same time. There is local and then there is LOCALE.
Locale would mean the locality of which the product is sourced which is just as important as local products is. It is simply understood and proven that there are different types of areas of the world where fish is caught that is preferred over the other based on tastes and costs and quality. Seafood is a globally exchanged food resource and is driven by locality.
Locale is important to us in the seafood world and to the chefs world because that is where together, we weave our stories and weave our mission as distributor and chef. A few: Georges Bank Swordfish. SKUNA BAY Salmon. Chesapeake Blue Crabs. Oregon Dungeness. Sea of Cortez Blue Shrimp. Florida Key Snapper. Icelandic Char. Otter Point Oysters. Erie Perch. Being true and transparent to the sourcing shows the benefits and these are some examples of locality driven items that are of the finest quality found in our market areas and all which drive a true value driven story that the guest understands. These locales all spark something in the story that your guests can relate to and that we would be more than happy to assist in.
Locally vs locality. That is important for all parties to be mindful and both to be used to our advantages.