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Spotlight On a Cannery Trying to Revive A Dormant Fishing Tradition

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 22, 2024

It was probably for good reason,” says Chris Sherman, CEO of Island Creek Oysters , an aquaculture business based in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Sherman is no stranger himself to the environmental and economic challenges of running an aquaculture business. The same is true in aquaculture. That’s when things began to gel for Sherman.

Aquaculture

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Coalition Letter Regarding Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act

NASDA

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Sincerely, American Farm Bureau Federation American Honey Producers Association American Mushroom Institute American Soybean Association American Sheep industry Association American Wood Council Clean Fuels Alliance America Corn Refiners Association National Association of State Departments of Agriculture National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (..)

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Tennessee Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program

ATTRA

AUGUST 6, 2024

Funds will support expanded capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, including specialty crops, dairy, grains and other row crops for human consumption, aquaculture, and other food products, excluding meat and poultry.

Food

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Michigan Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program

ATTRA

MAY 24, 2024

Funds will support expanded capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, including specialty crops, dairy, grains for human consumption, aquaculture, and other food products, excluding meat and poultry.

Food

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Letter Opposing Spartz Amendment on “Checkoff” Programs

NASDA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Sincerely, National Organizations Almond Alliance American Beekeeping Federation American Farm Bureau Federation American Honey Producers Association American Mushroom Institute American Sheep Industry Association American Soybean Association American Wood Council Clean Fuels Alliance America Corn Refiners Association International Fresh Produce Association (..)

Cattle

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Wisconsin Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program

ATTRA

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The purpose of the RFSI Program is to expand capacity and infrastructure for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, including specialty crops, dairy, grains for human consumption, aquaculture, and other value-added food products.

Food

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Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program in New Mexico

ATTRA

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Those involved in the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, including specialty crops, dairy and dairy products, grains for consumption, aquaculture, and other food products, excluding meat and poultry, are eligible to apply for funding.

Food

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Nebraska Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program

ATTRA

JANUARY 12, 2024

This includes activities like gathering, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distributing locally and regionally produced food, including specialty crops, dairy, grains for eating, aquaculture, and other food products.

Food

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On The Ground: Your Dog’s Food Probably Comes From a Factory Farm. Meet Some Folks Who Want to Change That

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 23, 2024

” Even meat giant Tyson Foods is getting into insects for use in the pet food, aquaculture, and livestock industries. Open Farm A new national strategy for reducing food waste by 50 percent by 2030 includes “raising and breeding insects as livestock.” 5000 list the past two years.

Food

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Industry Ag News 9/22

Agwired

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers honored U.S. Some 3 million acres of agricultural lands were in the storm’s path, including row crops like peanuts and cotton, dairy and poultry farms, aquaculture operations and more. Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Representatives Tracey Mann (R-Kan.),

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Striking a Balance: Are You a Technology Company or a Farming Company?

Agritecture Blog

JULY 31, 2023

These companies shoulder less risk, as the system manufacturers bear the development costs. I can think of some examples in aquaculture, but I am curious if you have any other examples of this in other areas of agriculture.

Technology

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Industry Ag News 12/1

Agwired

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Katrina comes to ASTA from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) where she served in Public Affairs since 2019. Alltech Coppens, which produces industrial feeds for the aquaculture sector, earned gold-medal status, putting it in the top seven percent of sustainable companies globally.

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Climate savior or ‘Monsanto of the sea’?

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 1, 2023

While the North American seaweed industry remains tiny by global standards — 95 percent of farmed seaweed comes from Asia — it is the fastest-growing type of aquaculture in the United States. In the 1970s, entrepreneurs introduced a species of seaweed off Hawaii, intending to manufacture a food thickener. And there have been disasters.

Science

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Fungal Fish Diseases: Identification and Control Strategies in Aquaculture

Agric4profits

MARCH 11, 2025

Unlike plants, they are incapable of manufacturing their own nutrients by photosynthesis. In most cases, fungi serve a valuable ecological function by processing dead… Read More » Fungal Fish Diseases: Identification and Control Strategies in Aquaculture

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Letter regarding the Spartz Amendment on Checkoff Programs

NASDA

JULY 24, 2023

Peanut Federation CC: The Honorable Kay Granger, Chairwoman, Committee on Appropriations The Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations The Honorable Andy Harris, M.D.,

Rural Development

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The Shrimp on Your Table Has a Dark History

Civil Eats

APRIL 17, 2024

But four months into the job, he decided to come forward as whistleblower, exposing what he says are the deplorable and unsanitary conditions in one of India’s largest shrimp manufacturers. According to the company’s website , Choice Canning sells shrimp in more than 48,000 retail and food-service locations in the U.S.

Poultry

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20 Books Shaping Our View of Food Systems to Read this Winter

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.

Food

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USDA Announces Finalists for Twelve New USDA Regional Food Business Centers and $420 Million in Funding to Strengthen Food Supply Chain Infrastructure

Agritecture Blog

MAY 4, 2023

USDA will work with recipients to competitively subaward funding to projects that expand capacity for the collection, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of food products, including specialty crops, dairy, grains for human consumption, aquaculture, and other food products, other than meat and poultry.

Supply Chain

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Report Casts Doubt on Safety of New Roundup Products

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 22, 2024

While the glyphosate-based versions are still presently in the mix, Bayer confirmed to Civil Eats that the company is no longer manufacturing them and they expect them to be sold out by the end of the year.) But plans to rapidly scale up open ocean aquaculture are controversial. Not Everyone is Onboard.

Production

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