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💡This week’s Spotlight shines a light on Sonia Strobel, CEO and co-founder of Skipper Otto, an innovative seafood subscription service that connects home cooks directly with independent fishing families in British Columbia. Sonia has been a passionate advocate for local food systems and social justice for over two decades. SNEAK PEEK: VFR: Sonia, tell us about yourself and your journey to becoming the co-founder and CEO of Skipper Otto. Sonia: I’ve always advocated for local food systems and social justice. Since the 1990s, I was a member of Community Supported Agriculture Programs; and for over a decade, I worked as a high school teacher, always striving to uplift students from marginalized communities. Over 20 years ago, I married into a fishing family, and at that time, I couldn’t understand why most of us couldn’t access local seafood. Back then, it was common for everyone in British Columbia to know a fishing family personally. They would get their fish from these families, supporting their small fishing businesses and keeping money circulating within their communities. Also, for 10,000-15,000 years before settler colonization, Indigenous peoples fed themselves from the bounty of the seas and traded fish with communities as far away as the Rockies. So why isn’t that the case today? I came to realize that we don’t have a functioning local seafood system here. What we have is a colonial resource extraction system, designed to extract resources to enrich a distant empire and distant shareholders. And it’s really good at that. However, if we want local people to eat local seafood and if we want to prevent the disappearance of a small-scale, community-based fishing way of life in B.C., then we’re going to have to design a different system. Click the link to read the full article! https://lnkd.in/gSaUWRk8

In another dispatch for #hispanicheritagemonth here are some facts around who is growing your food: Nearly 80% of all farm workers in the US identify as Latino, but only 3% actually own their farms. I'm so proud to work for an organization, Connected Chef, that sees this tremendous disparity and aims to do something about it. 80% of the produce we distribute comes from BIPOC-owned and operated farms with the majority of that coming from two NY-based farms: Angel Family Farms and Grandpa Farms.

#VantageOnFirstpost: Zuckerberg's New Project: Macadamia & Beer Raised "Luxury Beef" | Vantage with Palki Sharma Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is embarking on what he calls his most delicious project yet. He plans to create high quality beef by raising Angus & Wagyu cattle on Macadamia Nuts and Craft Beer. His new plan has drawn widespread condemnation by climate activists. Is this a midlife crisis for the billionaire? Palki Sharma explores. --- Mark Zuckerberg | Macadamia | Beef | Cattle Farm | Controversy | Firstpost | World News | Vantage | Palki Sharma #markzuckerberg #macadamia #beef #cattlefarm #controversy #firstpost #vantageonfirstpost #palkisharma #worldnews

❓ Why Scotland's Chicken Ban is a Threat to Our Freedom? 🎙️ Regulations are extending into personal spaces, with Scotland considering a ban on keeping backyard chickens. This raises questions about where the line will be drawn—will growing your own potatoes or having fruit trees be next? As property owners, what are our rights when it comes to utilizing our land? #EatingBugs #Entomophagy #SustainableFood #GlobalCuisine #FoodControversies #PapaLensPodcast

On the road again, meeting old friends and working on great projects across all different food sectors. Including Frozen Fish, Smoked Fish, Steam Cooker Meats & Smoked Meats. 2024 is shaping up to be another busy one! #cantstopwontstop #foodindustry #foodengineering

5 Important Tips to Become the G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time) at Raising Goats So you want to be the G.O.A.T. at raising goats? Well, there are certain essentials that all goat owners must follow to be successful. First let’s review the basics about cloven-hoofed friends that are found on most farms or sometimes in family backyards.

What's one thing you've always wanted to know about raising chickens on a commercial farm? We're open to all questions, from feed choices to biosecurity practices. ️ Share your thoughts in the comments below and let's start a conversation! #poultryindustry #learningandgrowing #obasanjofarms

Following a Green Century° proposal, Domino’s states explicit support for pork raised free from gestation crates. It currently sources more than 50% of bacon as gestation-crate free and hopes to source more. Gestation crates are used to confine pregnant sows and limit their mobility, raising ethical concerns in the food industry.   Green Century’s proposal enforces the importance of ensuring that animal products are supplied in a manner consistent with ethical standards. Read more! https://lnkd.in/dVQvStqv °Green Century Capital Management, Inc. (Green Century) is the investment advisor to the Green Century Funds (the Funds). #GreenCenturyFunds #DominosPizza #animalwelfare

Your Ultimate Guide to Raising Chickens for Hatching Eggs!

Extraordinarily happy sweet potato slips developing. I need to get more sliced off the main tubers and potted, but some seriously good root systems developing. If you’re planning on growing your own this year- check out my Sunday Snippet video from January and get them on the grow now asap! The plan for these will be into the polytunnel at the start of May- then 140 days of vining away before harvest. They’re beauties #sweetpotato #propagationstation #propagation #growyourown #veggiegarden