Agriculture Aquaculture Ecology 
Modern Farmer
JULY 8, 2024
It takes a stupid amount of labor to do it this way compared to big commercial aquaculture operations,” says Walker. There are a lot of small-scale trout producers in the US, but this is truly a diamond-in-the-rough situation,” says freshwater aquaculture researcher and current US Trout Farmers Association president Jesse Trushenski.
Civil Eats
OCTOBER 31, 2024
When it comes to food, the world faces a tangle of seemingly impossible choices: Increase agricultural land-use to address food insecurity and you drive deforestation and risk biodiversity collapse. Marine and coastal aquaculture production has soared since 1990 , reaching a record 78.4 That may soon change. million tons in 2022.
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Modern Farmer
DECEMBER 15, 2023
mile rock-walled lagoon used for aquaculture. Its farming practices also help re-establish a vital ecological role: The irrigated ponds absorb floodwater and filter sediment flowing to the sea while the crops create wildlife habitat and curb invasive plant growth. Loʻi kalo at Kakoʻo ʻOʻiwi.
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 29, 2023
The agriculture students will be growing and raising specialty crops and animals for us, and culinary students will get the chance to get their hands in the dirt to learn what it takes to grow a crop,” says chef-instructor and Top Chef alum Robin Leventhal. Bergen Community College was one of the grant recipients, receiving a $4.5-million
Civil Eats
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Economic Development Administration (EDA) Build Back Better program, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and private investment (PI), which includes venture capital, family offices, single investors and crowdfunding).
Civil Eats
JULY 31, 2024
One type in particular, kelp—a large brown algae with many species, including sugar kelp— has been hailed as an ecologically beneficial, nutritious superfood that can be farmed on both U.S. Department of Agriculture. Largely developed in Asia, seaweed farming is a new venture on American shores. Transportation is one.
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 15, 2023
But just like industrial agriculture on land, such operations can harm the environment – and given the role kelp forests play in sequestering carbon, the climate. Seaweed farms can also be vehicles for food-borne diseases when improperly managed, as seen with a Salmonella outbreak traced to a Hawaiian seaweed farm in 2016.
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