Let’s be real—human rights due diligence in seafood is messy, nuanced, and often feels like chasing octopus ink in the dark. You’re working across fragmented supply chains, inconsistent audit reports, language barriers, and ever-evolving standards. Add to that the reality that risk isn’t just something you measure—it’s something people live […]

Fat, sugar, and salt. That’s the holy trinity behind the American food obsession, according to The End of Overeating by David A. Kessler, MD. If you haven’t read it, here’s the gist: the food industry cracked the code on how to make people crave—and overconsume—by engineering foods with the ideal […]

Coming back from Seafood Expo North America this year, I felt a mixture of optimism and unease. On the one hand, the energy around innovation, sustainability, and global collaboration was real. The launch of the Global Shrimp Council’s new “Happy Protein” campaign showed there’s appetite for bold, coordinated efforts to […]

The Quiet Imperialism of Corporate Sustainability I studied political science. I’ve worked in the seafood industry for over 15 years. And during that time, I’ve seen the same power dynamics—top-down policymaking, Western-centered agendas, and performative ambition—play out again and again, this time wrapped in the language of sustainability. Big companies […]

No Market, No Mojo: The Truth About Driving Sustainability Ah, consulting. Nearly two years in, and I’ve come to learn it’s a mix of being a detective, a therapist, and, occasionally, a magician. My specialty? Sustainability—a world where market incentives and corporate commitments set the pace for who plays and […]