share participants will also receive an email
with species details and cooking recommendations.
Customers can put a weekly share
on hold with two days advance notice.
But that’s not all they’ve been up to.
“We wanted to do some sort of consistent
philanthropic program from the beginning
with Fearless Fish; COVID and the George
Floyd incident just pushed us over the edge
to get it going,” says Meltzer. He chose two
beneficiaries: the Amos House, an organization
that offers services and programs for
Rhode Islanders experiencing homelessness
and poverty; and the Nonviolence Institute,
a Providence-based organization that fosters
peace by employing Martin Luther King Jr.’s
philosophy of nonviolence.
“We started with donating $1 per pound
of fish sold on the week of June 2nd. Since
then, we’ve decided to donate 1 percent of
sales from the rest of June to the Amos House
and the Nonviolence Institute,” he says.
Going forward, Fearless Fish will continue
donating 1 percent of sales to organizations
that the owners believe are doing good work
toward causes they believe in, especially
local organizations.
“The environment is important to us, so
organizations doing environmental advocacy
will certainly be selected, but also social
support/justice organizations,” Meltzer says.
“We plan to select an organization or two to
donate to for each month to make the effort
have a little more impact.”
In the meantime, they will keep supplying
the local community with good, fresh, local
fish. For those interested in the market’s
curbside procedure, you can order online
Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. There is a one-hour lead time for online
orders, but you can also call ahead to place
an order at 415-8905. Walk-up orders are
also accepted, though the market is not
allowing customers in the shop at the time
of publication.
425 West Fountain St., Providence, 415-8905,
fearlessfishmarket.com. �
LEFT: Soft shell crabs.
BELOW: Whole scup and
black bass.
Fearless Fish to expand beyond Providence
into Newport and Warren. Some of the new
pickup points include Stock Culinary Goods
and Campus Fine Wines in Providence,
Newport Wine Cellar and Gourmet and Prica
Farina in Warren. Expanding beyond the
Providence storefront will also help customers
try new types of fish they might not choose
themselves and it’s also a way to increase fish
consumption.
“We are planning to expand around the
state — mostly around the bay. We’ve found
that partnering with small, independent
specialty food and wine shops has been a
win-win,” says Meltzer. “Pair that with the
fact that we are bringing people local fish
and we have a nice symbiotic Rhode Island
system going.”
The cost of the fish share is $18 a week for
two servings (about one pound of fillet or two
pounds of whole fish) and $36 a week for four
servings of fish (about two pounds of fillet or
four pounds of whole fish). Every week, fish
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