Christy explains why she has chosen to invest directly into offshore aquaculturE
Click the play button in the image’s lower right corner to listen to her talk with Drew Cherry.
INTRAFISH Podcast | June 2024
A new hospitality vision for Baja California Sur
“Can tourism regenerate a distressed slice of Mexico? Christy … bets it can… [she] fell in love with the area around Rancho Cacachilas after she and her husband had sailed their boat to La Paz, the nearest large city. She is keen to ‘retain the nature of the place, the history of the place, and to celebrate the tradition and the environment.’”
Christy Walton: put away the seafood watch cards, and put the focus on sustainable aquaculture
“With the world’s wild caught fisheries at or near collapse, we need to move from wild catch to aquaculture. We as foundations, family offices, and influencers in the space need to act and think differently about how to put capital to work.”
new exhibit explores beautiful Baja California
Christy Walton was honored by the San Diego Natural History Museum with the opening of a new Baja Expedition wing that includes the Christy Walton Gallery. The naming of the gallery recognizes her decades-long support and contributions to the museum’s expansion, programs, and operations.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN Mexico
Christy Walton joins Mexican state governors, business leaders and environmental advocates to discuss ways to support sustainable economic growth in the region that borders the Gulf of California.
– DISCUSSION WITH CHRISTY WALTON, FORO MAR DE CORTÉS | January 2022, and – EL SOL DE MÉXICO | November 2021
glimpse at Oregon’s first electric tractor
“[The] region’s quietest, cleanest tractor… [is] undergoing test runs at… Rusted Gate Farm.[Alumbra Innovations Foundation] offered farm owners an outlet for selling and retiring without sacrificing the land they had worked to build. And Walton… will safeguard small farming in the region for years to come.”
– MAIL TRIBUNE | July 2021
Mountain-biking MECCA IN MEXICO OFFERS AN ISOLATED ESCAPE INTO NATURE
“The idea of bringing greater good to a community by way of eco-friendly tourism makes sense to Walton… Like many of her projects, the aim is to create a profitable business in a responsible way.”
A flood of new funds are investing in aquaculture, fisheries and seafood
“… early-stage investors [are] tapping the seafood and ocean technology space for expansion, including Christy… Names like Walton, Gates… are the surest way to get people to notice a sector, and the more they buy in, the more others will follow.”
A TEST KITCHEN EMERGES FOR ROGUE VALLEY FARMERS
“[Rusted Gate Farm] wants to help educate people about sustainable farming practices while helping local small farms thrive. Walton decided… to help fund this non-profit’s work to save small farms.”
Rancho Cacachilas,
FEEL GOOD MOUNTAIN BIKING
“Christy Walton may be famous for the many millions of dollars she donates, but in Baja California [Sur], she is known as an organized, forward-thinking doer that is making things happen in an organic way, pun intended.”
EXPERTS SAY COVID-19 WILL LIKELY LEAD TO US DRUG SHORTAGES
“The Resilient Drug Supply Project aims to provide a detailed map of the entire supply chain for important drugs used in the United States. The research project has been supported for the past 18 months by Christy Walton.”
AQUACULTURE CHALLENGE PRIZE MONEY DOUBLED
“Finding alternatives to wild-caught fish is essential for the future of aquaculture,” said Christy Walton, founder of Cuna del Mar. “We are excited to be part of this global effort by industry leaders to make fish-free animal feed a reality.”
– THE FISH SITE | May 2019
SUPPORTING VIBRANT COMMUNITIES IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR
“Christy Walton, a major charitable force in the region since the 1980s… Her efforts have focused primarily on environmental sustainability and cultural heritage.”
EXPANDING AQUACULTURE OPPORTUNITIES IN NORWAY AND GLOBALLY
“Cuna del Mar, the investment fund of Christy Walton, invests in sustainable businesses that use innovation to produce healthy seafood.”
CANADA’S $950-MILLION “SUPERCLUSTER” OCEAN RESEARCH INITIATIVE
“Cuna del Mar, a U.S.-based family office funded by Christy Walton, of the Walmart Waltons, is contributing $15 million [to this project.]”
WHALE SHARK LOGS LONGEST-RECORDED TRANS-PACIFIC MIGRATION
“[A] multi-year project [that] also tagged 45 additional sharks in Panama with sponsorship from Christy Walton's Candeo Fund at the ICF, along with STRI and Panama's science and technology bureau (SENACYT).”
BUILDING POCKET COMMUNITIES
“[Christy Walton] is trying to bring community into the designed spaces where we live. [Her] first project called Black Apple was recently built in Bentonville, Arkansas.”
Bless Me, Ultima – IMAGEN FOUNDATION AWARD
Watch and listen to Christy describe what the Bless Me, Ultima film project meant to her.
Christy produced the film adaptation of Rudolfo Anaya’s novel Bless Me, Ultima, which premiered at the Plaza Theatre in El Paso, Texas in September 2012. The following year, the film won four Imagen Awards: Best Feature Film, Best Actor, for Luke Ganalon, Best Actress, for Miriam Colon, and the President’s Award, for Christy.
Listen to a 2013 National Public Radio conversation about the film with actress Miriam Colon. Hear her voice, as well as Rudolfo Anaya’s, and learn how Miriam’s role was “a gift from heaven”:
Official Film Trailer | PG-13 | Biography, Drama, History
Olivewood Gardens & Learning Center – Cultivating healthy Communities
Watch this video to learn how Christy’s vision and home became what is Olivewood Gardens today.
In 2006, Christy donated her National City, California, Victorian home to the International Community Foundation with a stipulation that the organic garden be maintained to teach children and inspire communities to grow their own healthy fruits and vegetables.
In this 2013 PBS video—starting at 11m 30s—former Executive Director Healy Vigderson of Olivewood Gardens describes how Christy’s garden was instrumental in saving her son’s life.
Olivewood Gardens and The Kitchenistas went on to help overcome a health crisis in their community. This story aired on numerous broadcasting stations across the United States in 2016, and the program continues today to inspire people to take charge of their own well-being:
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