The Conch Podcast features interviews
with the most inspiring people in the world of seafood.
Join Julie Kuchepatov,
founder of Seafood and Gender Equality (SAGE),
as she interviews people striving
to succeed in the sector, as well as those already making an impact,
and the challenges they face -
all while working to improve
the environmental and social responsibility
of the planet’s most incredible food source - seafood!
How will we sustainably and equitably feed a growing planet? Coastal land grabs, climate change, and a lack of access to decision making about communal ocean resources are key challenges to answering this question. In the newest episode of the Conch Podcast, we learn how one woman is driving the charge to educate about these issues, bring everyone to the decision making table, and ensure that everyone understands that “hope is in the water.”
Julie is joined by Jennifer Bushman, award-winning chef, Chief Marketing Officer at Kvarøy Arctic (a third-generation family-owned salmon farm in Norway), aquaculture expert, and founder of Fed by Blue–a new effort to provide visionaries, thought leaders, ocean lovers, activists, early-adopters, foodies, and consumers with the knowledge and materials to protect and participate in a responsible blue food system.
Episode Transcript
Episode Guide
:00 Intro
02:29 Jennifer’s career path started with a love for two fish: a gorgeous rainbow trout caught in a creek in Colorado as a child and a salmon that she knew could be raised in a sustainable and responsible way.
4:15 18,000 tiny tastes: Jennifer goes from cookbook author and host of her own cooking show to driving interest in a new salmon brand through grocery store demos and live television appearances.
9:38 Reconciling ocean protection with ocean production is critical to ensure that access to the ocean—a communal resource—remains for everyone.
14:58 Policy and regulatory frameworks must reflect that coastal land ownership is a responsibility and a privilege.
20:34 Through communication and collaboration with fishers and fish farmers, we can create a chain of well-being and ensure that everyone has a seat at the table of the future of food.
26:55 Three things the U.S. can learn from the controversial experience of developing off-shore aquaculture in Canada.
33:47 Get yourself a sea pantry and you’ll help save the planet.
41:11 Hope is in the water: Fed by Blue—Jennifer’s new initiative to communicate and counteract harmful narratives about blue foods (Did you catch the shade about farmed salmon in the Leonardo DiCaprio movie, Don’t Look Up?).
52:55 Note to the seafood industry: to be more inclusive, hire the person, not the resume.
58:56 Uplifting and amplifying a past winner of Kvarøy Arctic’s Women in Aquaculture Scholarship!
Resources:
Learn more about Fed by Blue on Instagram @fedbyblue and on their website. Check out a few of Jennifer’s favorite blue foods— Ocean's Balance, 12 Tides, and Barnacle Foods—and learn more about stocking your own Sea Pantry at www.jenniferbushman.com
More information about Kvarøy Arctic’s Women in Aquaculture scholarship here. Scholarship applications are accepted until 19:00 (Pacific Time) on July 1, 2022.
Make sure to recommend this episode to anyone you think might care about the future of our ocean and women working in the sector.
The Conch Podcast is a program of Seafood and Gender Equality (SAGE).
Audio production, engineering, editing, mixing, and sound design by Crystal Sanders-Alvarado for Seaworthy.
Theme music: “Dilation” by Satan's Pilgrims
Funding generously provided by
