In her book Diet for a Small Planet, Frances Moore Lappe argued more than 35 years ago that grain-fed cattle were essentially “reverse protein factories” because they required many more pounds of ...

Overfishing has put exorbitant stress on our oceans. But there is a solution: Aquaculture—otherwise known as fish farming—is the practice of growing and harvesting fish in a controlled, regulated and ...

Business models for fish farming, or aquaculture, include high-intensity production in controlled conditions, use of existing ponds and waterways, and production in cages submerged in large bodies of ...

It has been claimed that fish farming is a sustainable source of food that will help us feed the growing global human population while protecting wild fish populations – but this isn’t true. “Fish ...

Fish farming, also known as aquaculture, is a fast-growing division of the agricultural industry in the U.S. Essentially, a fish farm operates similar to other farms, except that a fish farm raises ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In 2022, fish farms produced an unprecedented 131 million tons of seafood, officially ...

As global demand for seafood continues to surge and capture fisheries plateau, fish farming — or aquaculture — presents a promising path to achieving food security, economic growth, and a sustainable ...

After AquaBounty Technologies quietly retreated from its Indiana salmon farm last year, a Wisconsin aquaculture company is reviving the defunct facility with a new model—and different fish. The ...