Coonamessett Farm Foundation’s (CFF) mission is to conduct scientific research and educational projects that support sustainable fisheries operations, local small-scale agriculture and aquaculture, and renewable energy sources for the benefits of the public.
On World Food Day, the Value of Local Food
These coastal waters have fed people for thousands of years.
Today is World Food Day. It marks the work of growing, catching, and sharing food, and the systems that keep it going.
That work is central to ours. CFF's research supports small-scale fisheries, farms, and aquaculture operations, the people who help feed their own communities. Our work helps them keep at it sustainably as conditions change.
People have fed themselves from these waters for a long time. Long before commercial fishing became an industry, the Wampanoag fished and harvested here. The name Coonamessett—the Wampanoag word for the American eel (Anguilla rostrata) and the namesake of the nearby river, serves as a reminder that these coastal waters have…
October 16, 2026
What Happens to Sea Turtles When a Major Storm Moves Through?
Tracking data offer a look at how loggerhead sea turtles respond to changing conditions at sea.
October 14, 2026
CFF Researchers Participate in ICES Annual Science Conference 2026
Building partnerships for novel oceanographic and fisheries-dependent data.
October 8, 2026
Twelve Years of Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles on Cape Cod
New collaborative publication with NOAA Fisheries, Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, and MA Division of Marine Fisheries
September 29, 2026
Our feature film, Sustaining Sea Scallops, is now available online! Watch the full documentary to learn how the collaborative research model embraced by CFF helped a flagging scallop fishing industry rebound.
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