Regenerative Renegades: Algae Omega-3s, Purpose-Driven Brands, and Living Well by Doing Good — Corinna Bellizzi on Forever Young Radio
5/15/202637 min
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
Resources
- The Forever Young Radio Show — foreveryoungradio.com
- OmegaQuant — omega-3 index test, $50
- Örlö Nutrition
- Circle B — circleb.co
- Lotus Foods
- Kokoro Life
- The Organic Skin Co.
- EO Products
- Care More Be Better — caremorebebetter.com
Support the show: caremorebebetter.com/support
Cause partner: Prescott College — prescott.edu
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