Saving wild turkeys, protecting Venus flytraps, cleaning up rivers, cultivating the crops of tomorrow, and more the heroic efforts of these ten undersung scientists, advocates, and innovators are helping defend the South’s imperiled ecosystems
Responsibility Monday, 15 March 2021 Ilima Loomis
Portability, pollution mitigation and protein creation are just a few of the ways aquaculture is riding the rays
Canadian oyster grower D’Eon Oyster Co. is using a solar-powered barge for processing. Image courtesy of D’Eon Oyster Co.
D’Eon Oyster Co. had a problem. Based in Nova Scotia, Canada, in a brackish-water lake at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, the farm was in an ideal environment for growing oysters, but the area’s extreme tides made it difficult to access the leased areas and transport the oysters back to land for be readied for market. The solution? A floating, solar-powered processin
Two Maryland companies have teamed up to design a solar-powered barge that could bring oyster farming into deeper parts of the Chesapeake Bay, improving the estuary’s oyster output and perhaps easing conflicts with watermen and waterfront landowners.
These Maryland companies have teamed up to help grow oysters in deeper water — with the help of solar energy baltimoresun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from baltimoresun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.