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A Dive into Aquaculture: The Future of Sustainable Seafood

Agritecture Blog

Written by: Niko Simos May 16, 2023 Aquaculture, the practice of fish farming, is a recently growing industry that relies on cultivating aquatic flora and fauna specifically for human consumption. There are a multitude of species that can be cultivated through aquaculture, each with varying market benefits. from 2022 to 2031.

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Earthen Pond Fish Farming Guide

Agric4profits

Earthen pond fish farming is an aquaculture practice that involves cultivating fish in natural or artificially constructed earthen ponds. These ponds are typica

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On Cape Cod, the Wampanoag Assert Their Legal Right to Harvest the Waters

Civil Eats

When he isn’t raking for wild quahog, Pocknett manages the tribe’s shellfish farm, using modern aquaculture practices that are a footnote in the Wampanoags’ millennia-old relationship to the waterways of the Cape. In 2022, the tribe was awarded an aquaculture grant of $1.1

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Meet the Taro Farmer Restoring an Ecosystem Through Native Hawaiian Practices

Modern Farmer

Originally constructed by Native Hawaiians hundreds of years before colonization, the effort resurrected a 1.3-mile mile rock-walled lagoon used for aquaculture. In 2001, executive director Kanekoa Shultz, a marine biologist and seaweed expert, helped rebuild the adjacent Paepae o Heʻeia fishpond.

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Navigating Agricultural Financing as a Farmer: Challenges and Opportunities

Farmbrite

Farm Storage Facility Loans Farm Storage Facility Loans (FSFL) are provided to encourage the construction of on-farm storage and handling facilities for eligible commodities.

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The Hard Work of Bringing Kelp to Market

Civil Eats

Atlantic Sea Farms, the largest seaweed aquaculture business in the country, has solved several challenges that seaweed farmers face in Maine and other states. To process their kelp, Barnacle has slowly constructed a 3,000-square-foot production floor and additional warehouse. Transportation is one.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management.