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Meet the Modern Trout Farmer Using Gravity to His Advantange

Modern Farmer

He’ll spend the day weeding and cleaning, then harvest the remaining fish in the next week or so. They’ll start their lives here, then cycle through a dozen similar impoundments—that together hold more than 20,000 fish at various stages of maturation—for about two years until they’re ready for harvest. “It

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Transforming the Baltic and North Seas with Algae-Based Solutions

Food Tank

With support from the European Union (EU) , AlgaeProBANOS is working to bring algae, ecology, and business experts together through the coordination of the SUBMARINER Network. AlgaeProBANOS wants to help businesses sustainably harvest algae, market it, and sell it to populations. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Food Systems 101: How Community Colleges Are Helping Students Connect Farm to Fork

Modern Farmer

The cattle, which were artificially inseminated by students in the spring, will eventually be harvested at a USDA plant and incorporated into the fine dining menu at the college’s student-run campus restaurant, Capstone Kitchen. Over time, the administrators hope to expand with aquaculture, waste management, raised-bed gardening and more.

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The Uncertain Future of Lobstering in Maine

Modern Farmer

But, in recent years, a slew of new regulations designed to protect endangered Atlantic right whales, which play an important role in the region’s marine ecology, have hampered the industry. Then, in 2015, they were mandated to put more traps on each buoy to reduce the number of end lines, or individual points of harvest, in the water.

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Meet the Taro Farmer Restoring an Ecosystem Through Native Hawaiian Practices

Modern Farmer

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.

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The Hard Work of Bringing Kelp to Market

Civil Eats

That day, they’d been out to their four-acre farm and back twice, harvesting a total of 6,300 pounds. Maine is the heart of America’s farmed seaweed industry, supplying half its harvest— well over a million pounds —last season. Then they sell the harvest to ASF, which picks up the kelp on the dock. Transportation is one.

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The Kelp Business is Booming. How Big is Too Big?

Modern Farmer

A quick taste test proves it true: Their crop is ready to harvest. Monocropping, the introduction of non-native species, and poor management have led the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration to declare “commercial kelp harvesting is potentially the greatest threat to long-term kelp stability nationwide.”