Remove Aquaculture Remove Fertilizer Remove Processing
article thumbnail

Best Practices for Managing Plant Nutrients

Farmbrite

Adding the right amount of fertilizer is an essential practice for nutrient management based on your farm's goals and soil conditions. This information enables farmers to make informed decisions about what amendments are needed, such as adding fertilizers or lime, to create a balanced and productive environment.

article thumbnail

Stopping Ocean Plastics, One Mushroom Buoy at a Time

Modern Farmer

Gear is lost overboard, lines snap and drop waste into the sea, pots and buoys are abandoned, and bits and pieces of fishing and aquaculture float away. Photo by Andriy Nekrasov via Shutterstock Buoys are a key component of aquaculture and fisheries—there are hundreds of thousands used in the United States alone.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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. Other states with less-developed but emerging kelp businesses—like Alaska, Connecticut, and New York—need processing help even more urgently. Transportation is one.

Marketing 139
article thumbnail

The Future of Seaweed Farming in America

Civil Eats

and European governments, grants, and venture capital, Ocean Rainforest also operates seaweed farms in the Faroe Islands and Iceland that supply the animal-feed, fertilizer, and cosmetic industries. The paucity of both private and government funding makes it harder for seaweed companies to handle the high cost of farming and processing.

Farming 140
article thumbnail

Rescuing Kelp Through Science

Civil Eats

now approaching millions of tons—begins with this process. 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.” Scott Lindell checks a seaweed bioreactor in his lab at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. According to the U.N.’s produces less than.01

Science 143
article thumbnail

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

Civil Eats

People of the First Light For thousands of years, the Wampanoag —the “People of the First Light”—have harvested fish for food, trade, art, and fertilizer. In 2022, the tribe was awarded an aquaculture grant of $1.1 With a grunt, he plunged his rake into the water and dug in.

article thumbnail

Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish?

Civil Eats

Rich in minerals, kelp grows quickly and doesn’t require fertilizer. At UConn, Yarish established an internationally known Seaweed Marine Biotechnology Laboratory, and tapped to advise the Department of Energy’s current MARINER Program, which has invested $66 million in seaweed aquaculture since 2018.