Tag: Farming
The government wants more offshore fish farms, but no one is biting
The US imports about 91% of its seafood, half of which is farmed in aquaculture facilities. Should the US do more to kickstart its own industry? Off the coast of San Diego, Americas eighth largest city, commercial fishermen harvest about 1,100 metric tons of seafood from the Pacific every year. That sounds like a lot. […]
USDA Funds Insect Farming Research and Insect Based Food by Company All Things Bugs LLC
ATHENS, GEORGIA (PRWEB) July 13, 2015 New research begins today in the first U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded project to focus on insect farming for human food, concentrating on improving efficiency and lowering costs in farming crickets. With around 25 U.S. and Canadian companies currently producing consumer products with cricket powder (finely ground crickets […]