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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.

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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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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. Enlisting a staff of 16 and an army of volunteers, the organization cultivates the crop in knee-deep water diverted from Heʻeia stream.

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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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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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The Mashpee Wampanoag Work With a Cape Cod Town to Restore Their Fishing Grounds

Civil Eats

(Photo credit: Emma Glassman-Hughes) With help from the tribes Natural Resources Department , the town of Mashpee is compiling a harbor management plan, an extensive document that will set guidelines for the construction of marinas and docks. We want to say, okay, here we are today. What do we do tomorrow?

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Our 2023 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Civil Eats

Sprinkled throughout the recipes are fascinating historical tidbits about the Quaker who first cultivated rhubarb in the 1730s, for example, and the Indigenous tribes that used spruce tip tea to ward off scurvy. To make an amaro (relatively easy!) you need to first learn to make a tincture.

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