FOOD FIRST NL Kimberly Orren became involved with Food First NL in her capacity as founder and project manager for Fishing for Success. Fishing for Success is a nonprofit with a mission to transmit traditional fishing knowledge and skills, particularly to youth and women. They also promote the use of Read more…
By KIMBERLY ORREN • TED X • AUGUST 14, 2018
EVA CROCKER • THE OVERCAST • JULY 11, 2017 Fishing For Success is a non-profit that operates out of Petty Harbour with a mandate to preserve and celebrate knowledge handed down through family fisheries in Newfoundland and Labrador. The organization is in the process of rebuilding a fishing premise in Petty Read more…
By KIMBERLY ORREN • NAVIGATOR • MAY 2, 2017 “We are a Sea People, once described by Winston Churchill as the “world’s best small boatmen.” Yet an entire generation has come to adulthood since the cod moratorium. And those of us who may have grown up with our butts in a punt, Read more…
By JENNIFER BRENTON • MUN GAZETT • OCTOBER 16, 2016 A group of international social enterprise and marketing scholars visited Memorial’s St. John’s campus for a conference on social enterprise this summer. The first day involved a trip to Petty Harbour for an immersive cultural experience with Fishing for Success. Fishing for Read more…
By ANGELA ANTLE • CBC • OCTOBER 16, 2016 Fishing for Success believes that we should LIVE ~ SHARE ~ CELEBRATE our traditional fishing heritage! And what a better way to do that than to invite new Canadians to Island Rooms of Petty Harbour to share a meal of fish stew and enjoy Read more…
By JEFF GREEN • APRIL 12, 2016 Teaching children the path from the field to the fork key to better health…… A PhD student from the Faculty of Medicine says there needs to be a culture shift in how we understand school food. Emily Doyle is examining the school food system in Read more…
By TERRA BARRETT • LIVING HERITAGE PODCAST • NOVEMBER 12, 2015 Terra Barrett of the Heritage Foundation and Kimberly Orren, founding director of Fishing for Success, had a grand gab back in November 2015 about what it means to start a not-for-profit to teach youth and tourists about our fishing heritage. Listen in Read more…
By KIMBERLY ORREN • FALL, 2015 A Canadian not-for-profit and member of Project WET Canada, Fishing for Success at Island Rooms of Petty Harbour aims to teach youth and tourists about the natural and cultural heritage of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador through the re-creation of traditional family inshore fishing practices. In a Read more…
FARM TO CAFETERIA CANADA Fishing for Success is a non-profit community dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the traditional fishing knowledge and culture which sustained Newfoundlanders and Labradorians for generations. Their vision is that one day every child in Newfoundland and Labrador will once again be taught the traditional Read more…
