Fork The System

Our sixteenth guest is Dr. Renan Danielski, a New Harvest Postdoctoral Fellow at Lethbridge Polytechnic’s Advanced Post-Harvest Technology Centre, specializing in the upcycling of agricultural co-products into processing inputs for cellular agriculture. He earned his Ph.D. in Food Science from Memorial University of Newfoundland, receiving the prestigious Governor General’s Gold Medal for academic excellence. Dr. Danielski’s expertise includes encapsulation of bioactive compounds, bioactivity assessment of nutraceutical compounds, and functional food development. 
Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.
Resources:
Renan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renandanielski/
New Harvest CAPE project: https://www.new-harvest.org/cellular-agriculture-prairies-ecosystem 
New Harvest's Biomanufacturing Infrastructure Directory: https://www.new-harvest.org/infra-directory

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Our fifteenth guest is Margrethe Aanesen, a Senior Researcher at SNF – Centre for Applied Research at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen. Her work focuses on the management of marine ecosystem services and the valuation of non-market environmental goods and services. Her research has been centred on the societal trade-offs involved in aquaculture expansion in Norway.
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Our fourteenth guest is Kirumira Julius, the Co-Founder of the African Institute for Animal Welfare, a non-profit organization whose mission is to end animal exploitation across Uganda and Africa. Their initiatives focus on promoting humane farming practices, pushing for stronger legal and policy frameworks, providing educational services, and conducting research.
Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.
Resources:
African Institute for Animal Welfare (AIFAW) Website: https://aifaw.org/
AIFAW donation portal: https://donorbox.org/aifaw
AIFAW pig welfare documentary: https://youtu.be/7Uv0jkN82Lk?si=_DyfJVvs0HZcrFi
Kirumira's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julius-kirumira-447a0623a/

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Our thirteenth guest is Tina Owens, the lead of the Resilience and Agriculture Lending and Insurance Coalition (RALIC) for the Transformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS), an organization aiming to bridge capital markets with the strategies, tools, and financial innovations to direct financing towards regenerative and agro-ecological food systems. 
Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.
Resources:
Website: https://www.tifsinitiative.org/ralic/ 
White paper on RALIC: https://www.tifsinitiative.org/resilience-in-agriculture-lending-insurance-coalition-ralic/ 
JP Morgan report on transitional investing: https://www.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/jpm/cib/documents/Agriculture_Soil_and_Trade_The_Fates_of_Food_in_a_Warming_World.pdf
Tina's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tina-owens/

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Our twelfth guest is Kari Snorek, the Director of Operations at Shrimp Welfare Project, a non-profit organization that guides the shrimp farming industry towards higher welfare practices for a more sustainable and ethical future. The Shrimp Welfare Project collaborates with global producers, seafood suppliers, and retailers to improve harvest and slaughter practices to impact the lives of over 5.4 billion shrimps per year. 
Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.
Resources:
Website: https://www.shrimpwelfareproject.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shrimp-welfare-project/
Newsletter Sign-Up: https://www.shrimpwelfareproject.org/newsletter
Role Postings: https://www.shrimpwelfareproject.org/join-usNote: This podcast was recorded in January, and the role postings for Technical Field Coordinators may no longer be up. Continue checking the page above for the latest updates on any available roles!

Kari's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kari-snorek/

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