Sara Rademaker and her Waldoboro-based company American Unagi has been featured by Food & Wine in their 5th annual Game Changers article. The Game Changers article recognizes “the people, products, and companies changing the way we eat and drink for the better — are meeting those challenges with creativity and grit.”
The unagi supply chain has long been convoluted — eels were caught in Maine, then shipped to Asia to grow to maturity. Now, thanks to American Unagi, eels never have to cross international waters to reach dinner plates. The first large-scale, land-based eel aquafarm in the United States is making eel more accessible and sustainable for American consumers and chefs alike.
American Unagi eel is available in the Portland area at Harbor Fish, SoPo Seafood and Brown Trading, and online via their e-commerce site.