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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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The Future of Seaweed Farming in America

Civil Eats

In June of that year, an article in the MIT Technology Review questioned Running Tide’s farming and business practices. In Alaska, seaweed farmers can only cultivate seaweed varieties that grow natively within 50 kilometers of their farm. That’s a lot of ocean to potentially cultivate. All commercial seaweed farms are on land.

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Farmed, Wild, Lab Grown, or Plant-Based: Which Salmon is Best?

Modern Farmer

And, of course, there’s the most technologically advanced option for salmon lovers: lab-grown, cell-cultivated salmon. While this method of making seafood may seem new, our technology would look familiar to anyone who’s visited a microbrewery,” says Justin Kolbeck, CEO of Wildtype , which produces cell-cultivated salmon. “We

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Welcoming Superyachts to the Future of AgTech Vessels

Agritecture Blog

Today, we have farms beyond the imaginable : Rotterdam’s floating dairy farm that houses 40 cows, Peconic Escargot’s greenhouse that raises snails, GreenWave’s 3D ocean farm for regenerative aquaculture, and the first-ever underwater cultivation of terrestrial plants by Nemo’s Garden. Farming is one part of this equation.

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20 Children’s Books Celebrating Our Food and Farming Systems

Food Tank

Highlighting urban gardens, aquaculture oyster farms, food forests, and more, this book shows the varied ways that farmers can sustainably feed their communities. As the young girl grows up, she learns how to care for this tree through the seasons with her grandfather, and cultivates a bond with him like no other.

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Rescuing Kelp Through Science

Civil Eats

Here, over the next 45 days, the spores will be carefully cultivated into seed for farmers and scientists to outplant in the ocean. I don’t know any other agricultural or aquaculture industry where the cost of seed can be as much as 50 percent of the farmer’s revenue.” According to the U.N.’s produces less than.01

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Best Practices for Managing Plant Nutrients

Farmbrite

To cultivate robust crops, understanding the soil's condition is vital, which is where soil testing comes in. Since land is limited to what you have available, farmers can use a simple equation or technology to help them calculate this amount. Estimating the Number of Plants Plants need space to grow.