Negative Foods Newsletter Readers! I’ve taken a job! I started May 16 as the General Manager of Patagonia Provisions, the food business within Patagonia. Readers of this (former) newsletter will recognize that this had not been my plan. I intended to spend the rest of my career investing in food brands that help reverse climate change by sourcing from farms relying on
Sounds like a swerve in plans that fits you well and meets your goal to regenerate the planet. Welcome to California! Check out Marin Land Trust and Cal State Chico's regenerative ag program. They might have some insights on farms.
Still looking for farms and manufacturers to supply Patagonia with foods we can bring to market that help reverse climate change and fight the environmental crisis? Lifeline Produce in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. the og OG
Congratulations, Paul. Patagonia Provisions is an amazing company and has the real potential to create the catalyst our food systems needs to become socially and environmentally just. I look forward to seeing the growth at Provisions under your leadership and hope that our paths will cross. To answer your question, here's two great resources.
Congratulations on this important and pioneering work to have more consumers nourish their bodies with responsibly-sourced food. Per your ask, would love for you to check out Cofo Provisions, a passion product I founded after needing collagen protein to repair my joints and muscles while a cyclist, yet I found most collagen is from bovine hides not sourced sustainably. We're the only USA sourced marine collagen brand that is MSC certified and we make the collagen from upcycled fish skin (MSC certified Pollock) from our partner Alaskan fishery. https://www.cofoprovisions.com/pages/sustainability-matters Thank you!
Sounds like a swerve in plans that fits you well and meets your goal to regenerate the planet. Welcome to California! Check out Marin Land Trust and Cal State Chico's regenerative ag program. They might have some insights on farms.
Still looking for farms and manufacturers to supply Patagonia with foods we can bring to market that help reverse climate change and fight the environmental crisis? Lifeline Produce in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. the og OG
Congratulations, Paul. Patagonia Provisions is an amazing company and has the real potential to create the catalyst our food systems needs to become socially and environmentally just. I look forward to seeing the growth at Provisions under your leadership and hope that our paths will cross. To answer your question, here's two great resources.
- https://regenerationinternational.org/regenerative-farm-map
- https://hbspecialtyfoods.com/about-us/ - Happy to provide an intro.
Congratulations on this important and pioneering work to have more consumers nourish their bodies with responsibly-sourced food. Per your ask, would love for you to check out Cofo Provisions, a passion product I founded after needing collagen protein to repair my joints and muscles while a cyclist, yet I found most collagen is from bovine hides not sourced sustainably. We're the only USA sourced marine collagen brand that is MSC certified and we make the collagen from upcycled fish skin (MSC certified Pollock) from our partner Alaskan fishery. https://www.cofoprovisions.com/pages/sustainability-matters Thank you!
Great update Paul and thank you for yours and Patagonia’s pioneering work. Hope to catch up sometime and I wish you the best.
Congratulations!!! We will miss you guys!
Paul, I read your post and am excited by your ask. I'm the founder of HRVSTS and like to respond to your request. We're the "AirBnB" of indoor vertical farming. What we're doing was featured on Vertical Farm Daily (https://www.verticalfarmdaily.com/article/9446977/the-airbnb-of-indoor-farms-modern-fresh-food-distribution-using-indoor-farm-as-a-service/) and the Vertical Farming Podcast (https://verticalfarmingpodcast.com/episode/s5e64-growing-agtech-by-supporting-small-farming-farming-as-a-service-with-hrvsts-ali-daniali). We can provided Patagonia Provisions customers direct from farm fresh produce where they live, no pesticides used, 95% efficient water use, with all year availability.
Congratulations! Sounds perfect!
How exciting! Congratulations!