Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In China and Korea, where seaweed farming first developed into a larger industry, governments provide kelp seed to farmers for free or at a subsidized cost. As a research farm, Ocean Rainforest is testing various seeding methods, grow depths, and length and spacing of lines to create a model that’s efficient, economical, and replicable.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

Over time, the administrators hope to expand with aquaculture, waste management, raised-bed gardening and more. Several classes discuss using ecology principles to inhibit or get rid of weeds, for example. The school ran an outdoor hydroponics farm this summer to help work out logistics on the soon-to-be-built indoor vertical farm.

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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. Obtaining the reliably productive, inexpensive kelp seed for the farm is another. coasts—and could help fight climate change.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2024

She points out that most of the shellfish she harvests these days have been seeded manually by the town of Southampton and local universities, “almost like a science project,” she says. When it came time for our [oyster seed] orders to come in, the hatchery said, ‘We had a complete crash. That’s not right.” seaweed industry.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 15, 2023

There are currently no policies around farm size or native seed collection in British Columbia. Rapid growth of an industry that gets ahead of market demand could lead to significant waste issues, too, said Anoushka Concepcion, who works in marine aquaculture for NOAA’s Sea Grant program in Connecticut.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 16, 2024

Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future: The Case for an Ecological Food System and Against Manufactured Foods by Chris Smaje In Saying NO to a Farm Free Future, farmer and academic Chris Smaje presents an argument in defense of small-scale farming. fishing and hunting culture. What if CAFOs Were History?:

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Goldthwaite The coeditors of Good Eats , both English professors and authors, have gathered a selection of creative nonfiction essays that requires “ecological thinking and a close attention to relationships, the environment, and diversity.”

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