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How I Learned to Love Shrimp

James Özden

Society & Culture

Education

Frequency: 1 episode/16d. Total Eps: 67

How I Learned To Love Shrimp is a podcast showcasing innovative and impactful ways to help animals and build the animal advocacy movement.

We talk to experts about a variety of topics: animal rights, animal welfare, alternative proteins, the future of food, and much more. Whether it's political change, protest, technological innovation or grassroots campaigns, we aim to cover it all with deep dives we release every 2-4 weeks.

Subscribe and please do share with any interested folks! You can also leave feedback and suggestions by contacting us directly through our website.

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https://narrative.paxfauna.org/
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https://openwingalliance.org/
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https://twitter.com/LoveShrimpPod
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Léo Le Ster on creativity in campaigning

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 • Duration 01:09:22

Léo Le Ster is a campaigner at L214, a French NGO focused on helping farm animals. Léo talks to us about L214’s creative campaigning tactics and the importance of open and collaborative brainstorming when it comes to generating new ideas.

Léo gives us an update on the state of the movement in France and insight into their organisation with a multi-tactic approach from investigations and campaigning to education programmes and lobbying.

Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:

>> Podcast Feedback Form <<

John Cleese on creativity
BBC Connections on inventions
Peter Singer book on Henry Spira – Ethics into Action
Burger King campaign
Le Gaulois campaign with a specially designed truck
Transparency on L214 funds
- 9 million € budget in 2023. 100 employees. Equal salary for everyone. French median salary.
- 76% of funding comes from donations. 16% from the Open Philanthropy
- 78% of our funding goes to our missions. 15% operating costs. 6% fundraising.
Aaron Ross CARE talk on negotiation
L214 Politique Animal website – Database of MPs positions on animals

00:00 // Intro
02:55 // A recent mistake others can learn from
05:51 // Origin of L214
11:44 // Creative campaigning
26:59 // Brainstorming
32:24 // Seriousness and playfulness
40:14 // Meat consumption by 2030
44:45 // L214 Education programme
48:19 // Politics in France
57:44 // Campaigns during Olympic Games and Tour de France
01:05:17 // Closing questions

With thanks to Tom Felbar (Ambedo Media) for amazing video and audio editing!

If you enjoy the show, please leave a rating and review us - we would really appreciate it! Likewise, feel free to share it with anyone who you think might enjoy it. You can send us feedback and guest recommendations via Twitter or email us at hello@howilearnedtoloveshrimp.com. Enjoy!

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Co-hosts Amy & James on a summary of our best bits and a brief hiatus

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 • Duration 10:53

In this short 10 minute clip we announce a brief hiatus and use this time to chat through some episodes we want to highlight which we recommend checking out in the short break.

We also have a small ask of our listeners - please could you fill out this feedback form so we can best understand how and if to take the podcast forward? It should take around 5 minutes to complete and will influence how we might progress.

Episodes will resume as normal from the 27th August.

With thanks to Tom Felbar (Ambedo Media) for amazing video and audio editing!

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Kristie Middleton on why engineering breakthroughs are essential for low-cost plant-based alternatives

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 • Duration 01:11:25

Kristie Middleton is vice president of business development for Rebellyous Foods where she and her team help institutions add more plant-based options to their menus. Kristie’s also the author of MeatLess: Transform the Way You Eat and Live—One Meal at a Time and a long-time animal advocate.

Rebellyous Foods has created novel manufacturing technology in order to make plant-based chicken more affordable to the masses. Mainly targeting food service providers such as universities and school districts, Kristie, who is Vice president of business development at the venture capital funded company, uses her experience from her days at The Humane Society to ensure that this product is a clean and price comparable product in those markets.

A great episode for those interested in all things plant-based meats and how to scale a company providing this type of product to the masses.

Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:

Kristie Middleton: MeatLess: Transform the Way You Eat and Live—One Meal at a Time
In a recent interview with The Food Institute with Christie Lagally
50% of all meals served in Sodexo university settings will be plant-based by 2025
Request For Proposals for something called Mock2
Josh Balk episode on our podcast
AG funder interview re continuous process vs batching
Podcast: Business for Good (start-ups)

Jayasimha Nuggehalli on working collaboratively with the animal agriculture industry to help animals

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 • Duration 01:36:56

Jaya is a seasoned operational executive with a rich history of promoting animal welfare in the food retail sector. As the Co-founder and Chief Program Officer of Global Food Partners, a Singapore-based multinational consulting firm, he helps food and hospitality businesses implement their cage-free egg policies across Asia and reduce the cost of cage-free sourcing.

A fascinating episode as we unpick the many advantages of working collaboratively with the industry to advance animal welfare. We chat about the key challenges to this type of work right now, animal welfare challenges in Asia generally and try to understand some of the key barriers for companies implementing improved animal welfare standards for the animals in their care.

Jaya has an absolute wealth of knowledge and experience in this area so it was a real pleasure to hear about his important work and strategic approach. A great listen.

Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:

Chapter Headers:

0:02:38 Why GFP works collaboratively with companies

0:06:10 Market forces and why they matter

0:12:01 Making progress for cage free

Lauren Mee on the career landscape for helping animals

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 • Duration 01:22:53

Lauren Mee is the CEO & Co-founder of Animal Advocacy Careers, an organisation that tries to match mission-aligned talent to opportunities that accelerate the end of factory farming.

Lauren offloads all she knows about the hiring landscape right now when it comes to careers in animal advocacy. She talks us through some best practices and common pitfalls in the hiring process as well as her take on some of the more strategic questions when it comes to career progression in this space.

Whether you are not yet working in the movement, a manager looking to hire or a mid-level employee looking to advance to something more senior, there is something for everyone in this episode.

Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:

Animal Advocacy Careers pitch on why AAC is needed (from 2019)
Charity Evaluation of Animal Advocacy Careers from Charity Entrepreneurship's Research Training Program
AAC Fundraising skill profile
Policy skill profile
Sentience Institute podcast
AAC website
AAC ICAPS
AAC fundraising placement
AAC Inclusive hiring process research
AAC online course

Aaron Ross on how to stay motivated and keep fighting for animals for 20+ years

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 • Duration 01:37:09

Aaron Ross has spent over 20 years working for farmed animals. His relentless dedication to this cause has seen him co-found two major organisations, The Humane League and the Open Wing Alliance and train and advise countless others around the world on corporate relations and movement strategy.

In this episode, we talk through an important topic, longevity, and discuss the advantages and pitfalls of this long-term dedication to this long-term fight. Aaron offers practical advice for those wanting to dedicate their career to helping animals and why staying involved over the long-term has immeasurable advantages.

We’ve really enjoyed delving into a topic that touches less on the organisation goals and more on personal experiences of a deep topic so if you or anyone you know would like to come on to talk about a different area in this same vein, please let us know.

Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:

EAST - Farmed Animal Welfare Group, Taiwan
The Humane League Careers
The Humane League website
Open Wing Alliance
Mark & Paul Engler – This is an Uprising
Jim Collins book, Good To Great, and Level 5 leadership
33 Strategies of War
Hahrie Han - How organisations develop activists
Cal Newport - Deep Work

Tomasz Herok on working undercover in factory farms

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 • Duration 01:12:00

Description: Tomasz Herok recently spent over 5 months working undercover on British factory farms, as part of an investigation by Open Cages, the UK branch of Anima International.

[Trigger warning: graphic descriptions of animals suffering on factory farms throughout the episode]

In this episode we understand the complexities involved in being an undercover investigator, what Tomasz’s role on the farm entailed during his time there and how he personally deals with the trauma presented. We also talk through the campaign that the footage was used for and what Tomasz needed to capture in order for this to be a success.

An intense but incredibly in-depth look at the role of undercover investigators and what they witness on today's factory farms.

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With thanks to Tom Felbar (Ambedo Media) for amazing video and audio editing!

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Simon Newstead on developing alternatives to animal protein

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 • Duration 01:21:55

Simon Newstead, entrepreneur turned impact investor, is a founding co-partner of Better Bite Ventures who back food-tech founders in Asia.

In this episode, we deep dive into the world of alt protein and the different technologies available in the alternative protein space. We look at Asia specifically where Simon’s work is focussed as well as the challenges this industry is facing as a whole. We also quiz Simon on his view on the timelines we should work towards to see this global shift in consumption towards animal-free alternatives.

Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:

Better Bite Ventures: Website
80K podcasts;
- Bruce Friedrich, Good Food Institute
- Seren Kell, Good Food Institute
Rethink Welfare Range Estimates
David Humbird: Scale up economics for cultured meat
Regulatory approval of cultivated meat in the US
Good Food Institute
Impactful Animal Advocacy Slack
Red to Green podcast
The Counter article on the difficulties of cultivated meat

Wanyi Zeng on building the farmed animal movement in Southeast Asia

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 • Duration 01:24:29

In this episode, we speak to Wanyi Zeng, Executive Director of Welfare Matters, an organisation that is focused on building capacity for the farmed animal advocacy movement in Southeast Asia. We speak about the findings of Welfare Matters’ detailed and insightful report into the animal agriculture landscape in 6 key Southeast Asian countries, challenges facing the movement in Asia as well as Welfare Matters’ exciting plans to incubate new projects in the Asian farmed animal space.

Links from the episode:

Asia Farmed Animal Day conference
Curious Vedanth podcast
Michal Klar - Future Food Now
Lee Kuan Yew’s book - One man’s view on the world
Welfare Matters Newsletter
Welfare Matters Programme Coordinator role, Indonesia (deadline is December 15th!)

With thanks to Tom Felbar (Ambedo Media) for amazing video and audio editing!

Stien Van Der Ploeg on finding the most effective animal charities

Thursday, November 30, 2023 • Duration 01:14:17

Stien is the executive director of Animal Charity Evaluators, also known as ACE. Stien, wants to help people help animals and ACE tries to do that by finding and promoting the most effective ways to help animals.

In this episode we speak with Stien Van Der Ploeg who is their fairly newly appointed executive director. We talk through the latest release of the recommendations for this year and go into some detail on why certain charities and their interventions were selected. We talk about why their work is so important, the difficulties in the recommendation process and their developing strategy for the upcoming year.

Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:

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