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The Hard Work of Bringing Kelp to Market

Civil Eats

investment doesn’t yet address a range of logistical issues that challenge—some might even say threaten—the success of seaweed production. Atlantic Sea Farms, the largest seaweed aquaculture business in the country, has solved several challenges that seaweed farmers face in Maine and other states. billion market. Transportation is one.

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

Modern Farmer

The school ran an outdoor hydroponics farm this summer to help work out logistics on the soon-to-be-built indoor vertical farm. Over time, the administrators hope to expand with aquaculture, waste management, raised-bed gardening and more.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management.

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Will Local Food Survive Trump’s USDA?

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Under President Biden, the USDA became a primary funder , expanding a suite of programs that support regional food systems from seed to processing to plate. Students at a Washington, D.C. public school gather around a salad bar.

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