OPEN CALL - ALL DISCIPLINES INTERESTED IN FOOD AND/OR BUSINESS
Do you have an interest in seafood? Food system dynamics? Consumer trends? Business? Marketing? Innovation? Solution-based thinking? If so, this may be your opportunity to share your ideas!
I would like to invite you to share a creative solution to any of the following challenges identified as top barriers to the sustainable economic growth of small-scale, local seafood in the United States. Any individual with interest is invited to create a
proposal using a technique, technology, or knowledge from past experience in any field that may be of assistance. Your proposal can benefit local fishing efforts and marine conservation. Short proposals can be in relation to any one of the following:
LOGISTICS - How can small businesses, often in remote locations, gain access to processing, storage, cheap transportation, and/or markets as a means to increase business while keeping cost low?
SETTING A FAIR PRICE - How can a fisherman set prices for the catch that are fair to both the fishermen and their customers?
EFFICIENT MARKETING - How could a small business balance the extra time and energy needed for marketing with the need to leave flexibility for doing other things?
CONSUMER TRENDS - What types of seafood product would have the most monetary value?
SELLING TO AN INSTITUTION - How would a small-scale fishery be able to pass through necessary barriers to sell catch to hospitals, schools, etc.?
If you are interested in submitting an idea, the link below will discuss the background of this project to provide more context for proposing solutions. This link will also lead you to a short form for your proposal. Although submissions should be realistic
and as thorough as feasible, these are just ideas, and the first step in creating innovative solutions.
Individuals with the most promising solutions will have the opportunity to pitch their idea via a webinar in early April 2017. These individuals will be notified and walked through the next steps of developing their proposal. The deadline for
submissions is Monday, March 20th at 5pm (EST).
If you know of any other persons or networks with whom this could be shared, please forward this information along. Additionally, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Daniella A. Williams
Duke University | Nicholas School of the Environment
Master of Environmental Management Candidate 2017
Coastal Environmental Management