Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Regenerative Renegades: Algae Omega-3s, Purpose-Driven Brands, and Living Well by Doing Good — Corinna Bellizzi on Forever Young Radio

May 15
36 mins

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Episode Description

Something different this week: host Corinna Bellizzi appears as a guest on The Forever Young Radio Show, hosted by her longtime colleague Kelly Cappasola. In this wide-ranging conversation, Corinna shares the science behind her pivot from fish oil to algae omega-3s, why farmed fish are now higher in omega-6 than omega-3, how to get your omega-3 levels tested for $50, and the five natural products brands at the center of her PhD dissertation research at Prescott College. She introduces what she calls the "regenerative renegades" — purpose-driven companies that do it right not because it's fashionable, but because it's the only way they know how to operate — and shares where Circle B and her book project are heading next.

What we covered:

  • Corinna's pivot from fish oil to algae omega-3s — and why farmed fish are the tipping point
  • VAXA Technologies and Örlö Nutrition — algae grown in Iceland in closed photobioreactors
  • How to test your omega-3 index for $50 through OmegaQuant
  • The Framingham Heart Study and what an 8% omega-3 index actually means
  • Corinna's PhD dissertation research at Prescott College — five brands, cross-case comparison
  • Lotus Foods: heritage rice, the System of Rice Intensification, and regenerative organic certification
  • Kokoro Life: Rick Scalzo, regenerative farming in Costa Rica, living wages
  • The Organic Skin Co.: CO2 herbal extracts, 2% plastic packaging, naturopathic roots
  • EO Products: social equity as a foundational business value
  • Circle B: what it is, where it's heading, and what comes next
  • The book Corinna is working on finishing
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Cause partner: Prescott College — prescott.edu


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