Freshet Foods · Domestic Food Processing
From American Soil and Shore.
We're building the plant to take in what this country grows and catches — and send it back out frozen, packed, and ready for the shelf.
- Harvested Here
- Packed Here
- Defending the Domestic Supply
noun often attributive
: a great rise or overflowing, a swelling quantity, an influx
The spring surge that carries a river to the sea — and the name we work under.
Our Story
Food that never
crosses an ocean.
01 · The paradox
Despite controlling the world’s largest DefinitionThe ocean waters, reaching up to 200 nautical miles from shore, where a nation holds the sole right to fish and use the resources.Every U.S. zone, drawn to the same scale (equal-area). Data: Flanders Marine Institute, Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase v12 (2023), CC BY 4.0; Natural Earth.—larger than the landmass of all 50 states combined—the United States imports roughly 80% of the seafood Americans consume.SourcesThe U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone is the world’s largest, about 3.4 million square nautical miles, larger than the combined land area of all 50 states.NOAA Ocean Exploration: How big is the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone?Congressional Research Service, R47912NOAA Fisheries: U.S. seafood consumption and import relianceUSDA: SeafoodUSDA Economic Research Service: Chart of Note
02 · The round trip
A major driver is limited domestic processing capacity. U.S. watermen often sell their harvests to overseas processors (frequently in Asia), who freeze, fillet, or further process the product and ship it back to the American market.SourcesSustainable Fisheries UW: How much seafood is imported?Gephart, Froehlich & Branch, PNAS (2019)Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation: Alaska Seafood Re-Shoring Analysis (2025, PDF)
- Harvested hereby U.S. watermen
- Processed overseasfrozen, filleted, or further processed
- Shipped backto the American market
03 · The cost
- Adds unnecessary carbon emissions
- Increased risk of spoilage & loss of flavor
- Exports jobs and value
- Undercuts domestic dockside economies
The number of commercial watermen able to make a viable living has fallen sharply across the nation, pressured by import competition and the loss of local processing infrastructure.SourcesSeafoodSource: Alaska’s commercial fishing workforce continues to shrinkWTOP: Claws and effect (2024)
04 · Our answer
Freshet Foods is building the processing infrastructure to reverse this cycle.
- Keep the value chain at home
- Revitalize coastal docks
- Cut needless shipping
- Rebuild the foundation for American food independence and resilience
Our Mission
To process, preserve, and distribute the finest domestic harvests. We exist to revitalize coastal communities, restore our native ecosystems, and prove that the highest quality food doesn't need to cross an ocean.
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Revitalize coastal communities
Processing on the waterfront keeps jobs, wages, and dockside business in the towns that land the catch.
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Restore native ecosystems
Building markets for the species and crops our waters and soils need harvested, turning ecological pressure into a product line.
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Shorten the supply chain
A short, direct route from harvest to freezer. Fewer miles, fewer hands, fewer places for quality to slip.
Work With Us
Let's talk volume,
season, and spec.
Whether you're a producer with product to move or a buyer looking for a domestic source, tell us what you're working with and we'll come back with something concrete.