Barton Seaver

Barton Seaver is one of the world’s leading sustainable seafood experts and educators. Before leaving the restaurant industry to pursue his interests in sustainable food systems, he was an award-winning chef leading top seafood retaurants in Washington, DC. He became an Explorer for the National Geographic Society and has held various roles at Harvard University, through which he facilitates international conversations on sustainability and the role of food in resource management and public health. He has written seven seafood-centric books, including For Cod and Country, Two If By Sea, American Seafood, and The Joy of Seafood. Seaver has contributed to Coastal Living, The Coastal Table, Cooking Light, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Fine Cooking, Fortune, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, The New York Times, O: The Oprah Magazine, Saveur, The Washington Post, among many others. He has appeared on 60 Minutes, CNN, NPR, 20/20 and the TED stage. Seaver hosted In Search of Food on the Ovation Network and Eat: The History of Food on National Geographic TV. He built and leads Seafood Literary, an online training program teaching seafood-specific culinary education for all levels of cooks. He lives in costal Maine with his wife and sons.