Celebrating seaweed
as a culinary ingredient
During the month of February 2025, year three of Winter Waters will work with chefs and tastemakers to celebrate seafood, with an emphasis on farmed seaweeds and shellfish, and sustainably caught Oregon fin fish.
If you’d like to participate in or sponsor Winter Waters 2025, please email winterwaterspnw@gmail.com. Otherwise, sign up for our newsletter to get updates about upcoming events.
eat your sea veggies
eat your sea veggies
About
Winter Waters
Winter Waters was created when passionate seaweed advocates Alanna Kieffer and Rachelle Hacmac teamed up with Oregon Coast food systems value-chain coordinator Kristen Penner. We decided it was time to bring a seaweed-centric seafood series to our beloved state of Oregon!
We are three women working hard to make regeneratively farmed seaweed and local seafood a familiar and favorite food in our communities and help everybody source locally. We are foodies, farmers, and fishermen, who want to share the unbelievable work being done in our backyards with you. There is so much to celebrate in our community, and why not celebrate by supporting the regenerative efforts taking place. Join us in celebrating, eating, and learning about sustainable seafood this new year!
The Mission
Winter Waters is an Oregon-born initiative dedicated to promoting seaweed as a superfood culinary ingredient and enhancing local Oregon coast food systems. Our mission is to bridge the gap between consumers and sustainable seafood sources through education and shared meals.
The state of Oregon boasts some of the most sustainable fisheries in the world, yet much of the seafood produced is exported, and a significant portion of consumed seafood is imported (about 90%!). There is a disconnect between the people and the process and we’d like to help bridge this gap through education and delicious culinary experiences.
